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Under The Hood: Wireless Software Links Teslas, Drones

ID: 8c61bfb9-297b-546b-a956-c012540854e4

STIX ID: report--8c61bfb9-297b-546b-a956-c012540854e4

Feed Name: Security Ledger

Date Published: 2015-11-04

Date Updated: 2026-05-05

Author: Paul Roberts

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Security researcher Rob Graham observed that Tesla Model S vehicles appear to use the same Parrot SA embedded wireless software found in Parrot AR Drone units, based on similar MAC address prefixes and network behavior. The article calls attention to software reuse across consumer and automotive products and warns that long, complex software supply chains can introduce "common mode" vulnerabilities if third‑party vendors have undiscovered security flaws or fail to deliver patches.

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