Tesla Website And Twitter Account Hacked

No website or online account is immune to being compromised the moment it is online, although there are definitely ways to make it very difficult to do so, of course. Having said that, Tesla more or less received a double blow over the weekend, as their website as well as Twitter account were hacked over the weekend, and the entire scenario does look as though it happens to be a prank – one that is being “fought out” between rival hackers.

Elon Musk’s personal Twitter account happened to have been hijacked on Saturday night (US time), and the humans behind it did mention that they were from the infamous hacking crew known as Lizard Squad (who did make the headlines a fair number of times before, such as promising to stop hacking Xbox Live and PSN accounts, or even doing a number on Google Vietnam).

When the hacks happened, temporarily control of Tesla’s website was seized, where its DNS was hacked, alongside having its MX (mail) and other records changed. Twitter passwords were also reset along the way. Losing control of your social network account might not do too much damage internally, but one’s email account being compromised is a serious affair, that is for sure!

Edwin Kee
Categories: Computers
Tags: Hacking, Tesla