Tesla forgets to wipe infotainment data, exposes sensitive customer information

It seems Tesla isn’t taking full care of its customers’ personal data when replacing infotainment and Autopilot hardware in some of its vehicles. According to an investigation by white hat hacker, GreenTheOnly, previously used Tesla infotainment components have been found for sale online. The real kicker though, is that Tesla isn’t wiping the past customer’s personal data from the hardware before passing them on, InsideEVs reports. [Read: Tesla pulls a slick sales move in China, lowers Model 3 price to fit new subsidy limit] Green allegedly obtained four Tesla MCUs (media control units) from eBay and found that the previous…

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