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Episode 108: DEF CON’s Car Hacking Village and is the Open Source Model Failing on Security

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Feed Name: Security Ledger

Threat Score
20/100

Date Published: 2018-08-14

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Paul Roberts

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This podcast/article recaps DEF CON and Black Hat coverage, focusing on car-hacking demonstrations (including Jeep Cherokee research and a reported remote Tesla hack), a DEF CON Car Hacking Village 'kidnap challenge', and a discussion with CA Veracode’s Mark Curphey about systemic risks from open source software reuse (referencing Heartbleed). The piece is high-level commentary and event reporting rather than a technical incident or forensic analysis.

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