Tesla's data breach has been broken, is it difficult to achieve autonomous driving data security?

On August 21, according to Business Insider, Tesla stated that the previous large-scale data breach leaked the personal information of more than 75,000 people, which was the result of "internal wrongdoing".

 

Tesla said in a notice to employees that the leaked "Tesla Files" contained 100 gigabytes of confidential data, including employees' names and contact information such as addresses, mobile numbers and email addresses. The notice was shared with the Maine Attorney General's Office. The leaked data also includes about 2,400 customer complaints about Tesla's sudden acceleration and another 1,500 complaints about braking problems.

 

This incident allowed us to see two very important pieces of information:

 

First, in the wave of autonomous driving technology trends, most companies, including Tesla, still have varying degrees of problems in data security protection. However, data security is the core and cornerstone of whether autonomous driving can be safe, and the implementation of strict and technically strong security measures means a substantial increase in input costs. For auto companies, this is a challenge and cost expenditure that has not appeared in the past operating methods. This cost expenditure is not only huge, but it is also an expenditure that cannot generate income in the short term.

 

Second, autonomous driving without data security will be a disaster. That is to say, no matter what level the car based on autonomous driving technology is, as long as there are hidden dangers in the security of the database, once it is hacked, it will have disastrous consequences for users. Before developing autonomous driving technology, perhaps the first thing to consider is the construction of database security.