A hacking competition is offering $900,000 to encourage hackers to find security issues with the Tesla Model 3 car.
The Pwn2Own security conference partnered with the electric car maker to offer researchers the chance to win prizes ranging from $35,000 to $250,000 for finding vulnerabilities with the Model 3’s software. The first person to discover a bug will also win a Model 3, courtesy of Tesla. The lowest prize will go to an as-yet-unspecified attack on the electric car’s infotainment system.
After 18 researchers were listed in 2013, seven were listed in 2014 and two in 2016. Over the last two years, only two vulnerabilities earned prize money from Tesla.
“Tesla values the work done by security researchers in improving the security of our products and service offerings,” the carmaker states on its website.
“We are committed to working with this community to verify, reproduce, and respond to legitimate reported vulnerabilities.”
