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Tesla Motors Inc Model S Hacking May Be Only The Beginning

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Michelle deBoer-Jones
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People love to criticize Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA) for its cars being vulnerable to hacking, but the Model S isn't the only one. Last summer a couple of hackers were able to compromise a Toyota Prius and a Ford Escape. Now one auto expert tells ValueWalk that Toyota Motor Corp (ADR) (NYSE:TM) (TYO:7203)'s and Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F)'s cars are considered to be among the most easily hackable.

Toyota, Ford cars hacked

Videos like this one originally posted by Forbes last year show just how dangerous it can be if a vehicle is hacked.

Of course does the average person have to worry about their car being hacked? Probably not, at least for now. But a hacking attack earlier this year...

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Michelle deBoer-Jones is editor-in-chief of Hedge Fund Alpha. She also writes comparative analyses of stocks for TipRanks and runs Providence Writing Services. Previously, she was a television news producer for eight years, producing the morning news programs for NBC affiliates in Evansville, Indiana and Huntsville, Alabama and spending a short time at the CBS affiliate in Huntsville.