Hackers Can Hijack Electric Skateboards Now

At this point , it feels like everything that can be hacked , will be hacked : estimator , phones , industrial systems , car , baby monitors , andnow … electric skateboards .

security department researchers Richo Healy and Mike Ryan train an galvanic skateboard exploit they call , divertingly enough , FacePlant . The jade allows them to completely take controller of a $ 1500Boostede - skateboard . They also find vulnerability inRevoandE - Goskateboards but have n’t fill out exploits just yet .

The hack process by commandeer the skateboard ’s unencrypted Bluetooth controls . Once they take over the board with a laptop computer , the rideris at their mercifulness :

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Once he reach this , he can stop the skateboard abruptly , ejecting the rider , post a malicious exploit that causes the wheels to suddenly alter direction and go in reverse at top speed , or deactivate the brakes . An assaulter can also just jam the communicating between the remote control and the board while a number one wood is on a extortionate Alfred Hawthorne , causing the brakes to disengage .

Healy and Ryan also found a way to override the top speed limit on electronic display panel by remotely installing raw firmware . For instance , they can make target Boosted board fly past its built - in 25 nautical mile - per - hr hurrying limitation . Indeed , the microcode exploit gave the researchers a disturbingly free reign to place someoneon a uncivilised ride , as Ryan say Wired :

“ Once you have the ability to write arbitrary microcode , you may change the top speed , change the minimum speed , make the board refuse to block off and push aside the existence of the [ remote ] controller , ” says Ryan . And after overwriting the microcode , the skateboard owner would have to refresh the microcode to find ascendence of the board .

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