These Guys Can Hack A Boosted Board | WIRED
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- Опубликовано: 3 авг 2015
- A pair of security researchers can hack into some electric skateboard's Bluetooth controllers and pull the boards out from under a rider's feet.
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In reality, these things don't stay in one spot for long so it'd pretty difficult to make a connection. If you really wanted to fuck with someone on one of these that badly it would be much easier just to punch them...
MrCube17 ahem hackers are stereotypically not good at personal confrontation or communication.
That's why they're using antennas. But even then you're right
MrCube17 If you reeeeally want to fuck with someone, as with the video about Chrysler's uConnect, you will have patience. Think about it, if no one knew this was a problem, and someone wanted another person dead, all you'd have to do is follow them around while they play on the thing. In a crowded city no one would notice, and no one would notice much if someone on a skateboard got flattened by a bus. it's very dangerous to have technological exploits like this, yeah it sounds like something out of a movie, but some of the best movie murder scenarios are unfortunately based on something real. Some people are content with just simply fighting with someone, other people are more subtle. The more common an exploitable technology becomes, the more likely it will be exploited.
Dead Reckon You seem to know what you're talking about :p Good point about carrying out stealth assassinations though, had not thought of that lol They should just wire the controller to the skateboard...a far more sensible idea.
MrCube17
But you could trip over a wire, same reason those damn cups have "CAUTION! HOT!" written on them. People are inherently, well, uh, people.. They could simply just put an encryption on it, I don't know enough about protocols for Bluetooth to say which would be best, or worst, but none is certainly not acceptable. Sure that's fine for a remote control car that no one rides on (Or could without a device to change ones size), but for a device which can be used as a mode of transportation (Up to 20 some miles an hour at that) an encryption is really pretty damn important. I try to be realistic about these things, and so should companies building them. As I said, people will be people, some have good intentions, some only the worst. That is human nature in a nutshell. Besides, I for one don't want to find out if my insurance covers someone on a hijacked electronic skateboard (There are some skaters around here, they're bad enough.), how about you? I know for a fact by skimming my insurance policy that war, declared or undeclared, or a nuclear detonation, intentional or otherwise is not covered by Nationwide insurance... They also don't cover insurrections, rebellions, and several other amusing things that may never happen, and the company may not survive. Hey, you want a laugh better than the youtube comments? Read your car insurance policy if you have one. Skim over for words like "Thermonuclear detonation", it's pretty amusing.
It would be pretty hard to hack someone passing you at 20mph. The rider would be long gone before you could pair. I agree that there should be some level on encryption to avoid any sort of attack, but the chances of getting hacked are pretty slim. It would have to be a deliberate attack on someone where they know the riders route and board.
It just talks to the lack of any thoughtful design for systems... Sure it's a stakeboard so who would want to hack it but then think about where smart devices are getting places and how susceptible they would be if they don't have security and safety as design and not an after thought.
amplifier + big entenna... plus, it probably takes milliseconds to hack it
😂
I really don't think there is a risk, Electronic long-boards are pretty rare to come across when in the city and its not like someone is there and ready to take it over.
How has this comment held up over the years ?😂
Okay wired we get it, hackers be hacking everything!
not everything, only things with any wireless signal. you can't hack something that isn't connected to the Internet or through Bluetooth
ChallengeTakerz Anything can be "hacked"
PossumMom You can but you have to do it through a more directed method. Were you physically install a hack into the device.
yes you can ^
But still absolutely amazing for the reasons stated in the video. The only way to know something is wrong is to find it, and if the right person finds it first it's a good thing.
@CaseyNeistat, watch your ass.
yeah
no
Bluetooth doesn't even transmit that far, who would actually hack a skateboard to steal it? They would have to follow it some distance.
daddaflex Yeah, you're right, but how powerful are bluetooth transmitters usually? Not that powerful right?
+Jake Methner It was far enough to drive the board into traffic.
I do agree with you, but the companies producing these types of boards should at least attempt to encrypt their products.
The threat of causing injury or death is real, don't underestimate it. Imagine if this happened in front of a red traffic light. You would be thrown right in front of the cars....
All you really need is some sitting near a large traffic junction is some big city with malicious intentions or maybe a kid who doesn't quite realise what his actions might lead to
Its not just stealing. The problem is that it could cause an accident that hackers could potentially do without getting their hands dirty.
Casey Neistat has one of those
***** why?
King George He should start wearing a helmet and coat his board in aluminium foil!
K and S Gaming Channel nah hes already fucked it up by spray painting a big arrow on it
***** Thats casey tho
***** Soo...you're saying that Casey Neistat is retarded? wut m8
Can hack Aladdin Magic carpet
these guys have clearly never worked out how to throw stones into the path of an oncoming skateboarder. i could have saved them a lot of time.
It seems like people don't get that they hacked the board. They mentioned is was not encrypted so that means it can just be automated you don't need to hang around to hack it just write some code. It looks like you could just have a computer in your apartment doing this to any rider that comes near your place. Another easy option is a laptop with a few charging batteries so it can last 3 days and hide it in a bush. This is a hack that could be used to fling a board into traffic.
So basically I need to watch out for people running along side me at 22mph with a lap top and some antennas...got it.
it can only go forwards and backwards, it can't turn. in the best case you would chase it until it hits something and then pick it up
It could be pretty dangerous if you are going full speed, and they brake fully. But boosted boards are so rare and no one is gonna sit ready there with all this stuff so it doesn't really matter.
watch out people, hacking skateboards is the most lucrative cybercrime in existence... said no one ever.
ok so all i need know is a Velodrome bicycles track, 100 people with E-Skateboards, the hackers with a big antenna & a slowmotion/highspeed camera
CaseyNeistat *****
LoL
no
That's terrifying.
all they have done is work out the dumbest way to throw someone off a skateboard
The point is to show that it CAN be hacked. We're trying to get driverless cars on the roads as soon as possible, because it will save thousands of lives and billions of dollars every year. If we don't get all the kinks worked out the whole thing could fail at launch and get set back another 50-100 years.
all they have done is replicated the bluetooth controller in a unworkable way to achieve what can be done with a bunch of
small rocks
HACK ALL THE THINGS!
from my understanding the skateboard can only connect to one device at a time using the bluetooth. so if you using it you can't be hacked maybe if your controller is off then yes.
did you not see the video like at all
this was patched 11 days after this video, which states that most OEMs care so little that this has to be public. I guess you guys were wrong, and probably didn't even get in touch. Thanks for making my commute more secure tho.
Casey is in danger
Seems interesting. I am currently trying to modify my boards firmware so it could perhaps go faster. As of right now, I have no idea on how to do so though. There is a smartphone app that comes bundled with it, maybe I can interfer with the bluetooth packet somehow?
Time to stick to my regular longboard
Someone tweet Boosted this link and hope they do something about it o-o
they already did
i know in the version 2 right?
+Umuahjoku Amadi-Obi (AceofSpades) no, all of them a long, long time ago
+Armando Epifani oh...
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They sure can't hack my skateboard.
ZBoard represent, who needs a wireless electric skateboard!
What did you hack it with? There i a whole community who are trying to remove or raise the speed limit of the "ninebot mini pro" we have nailed it down to some firmaware but no one knows how to edit the firmware other than that the ninebot connects to an app via bluetooth and can send firmware updates help will be apreciated maybe even someone willing to pay
it needs a pressure switch to deactivate the controls when there is a rider dismount?
+Nick Morana not a bad idea, except maybe have a delay on it incase you're pumping, you dont want it shutting off every 2 seconds.
I enjoyed this! Keep up the awesome work you are doing here! I definitely will subscribe to your channel! 🤗
Curious findings.
Modern day superheroes.
All they have to do is encrypt it. lol
There are millions of smartphones people can hack and get info but no they want to hack a skateboard
If it's hackable, I wonder why no one has figured out how to upgrade the Hobby Wing remotes on the Lacroix, Baja or Kaly NYC boards. There's a whole DIY community and no one has found a solution
Why would you want to hack a fucking skateboard?
+Punch It! to steal it.
They cost over $1000, you would hack it to steal it and sell it!
If you didn't understand that for some reason, here's a step by step tutorial on how to earn money fast.
Step 1: Hack Skateboard
Step 2: Drive it somewhere where the owner can't find it.
Step 3: Go onto Ebay and sell it.
Step 4: Profit.
+Devin well, probably they wouldn't steal it that easily, because you can only control the forward and backward movement - no steering. It would stop on some obstacle before it would be far away enough so the owner doesn't see the thief. It could be used as an assassination tool. Imagine, that the rider wants to stop before the junction and instead the hacker gives it a full speed.
Those are V1 boards.
Casey Neistat? Casey Neistat!
another reason the Evolve boards are best!
illegal as fuck to jam
Let me hacked Casey Neistat then lol
Don't they have to be in serious close range though like about 100 feet
It takes too much effort to research where a person goes on his board, and camp out ahead of time with a computer just to hack it. Chances are he zips by too fast for you to make a connection, and even if you did, What happens after that? So you knocked the guy down. Then what? What's the freakin point. There's no way you're gonna get away with his board.
So did boosted boards ever mitigate the problem?
time ... time is what you need to hack something ......
+KP :D and?
Enertion Raptor is the best/fastest electric skateboard
re think that lol. Enertions good but they've had a lot of bad rep for numerous things. Evolve makes great boards but also crazy expensive.
Checkout www.electric-skateboard.builders and you'll see how incredible Enertion's customer service is! Everytime any of their customers have a complaint their CEO personally deals with it. I've never seen or had such incredible customer service in my life! Checkout my thread titled "Raptor Diary".
yeah I'm on Esk8 builder constantly but I've just heard a lot of crap about them so idk i guess it depends. personally haven't gotten anything from them only really Carvon Hubs and Hobby King.
Of all the eSk8 companies I honestly believe Enertion has the best customer service in the business. Every company has occasional faults and/or complaints, some far more than others tho. I've spoken direct with Enertions CEO many times getting everything sorted which it now is and working beautifully. Never in my life have I had the owner of a company take such personal interest in me after buying a product. They really care, it shows big time!!
this is why we can't have nice things
"small"
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Better than watch dogs 2 :D
Wow.
Not that it's a bad thing but lately all the recent Wired vids are about hacking stuff that normally would never be hackable. We're in a generation where everything is adding "features" that end up being a security vulnerability.
who the hell would hack this ? I never saw someone riding one so even if its not safe u don"t risk annything
Use 2.4ghz
+marsdog That does not change anything, its just a signal, the signal needs to be encrypted.
noobs those are long boards
We can hack peoples cars now I doubt people will take the time to hack someones skateboard
+Akeem Andrew I don't know.. the boosted boards are like $1500
Mall grab
To sketchy Rodin the boosted board every time I ride I have people ask me how much and where I got it from.. And people have killed for 1000$ chains where I'm from so I try not to stop lol
@caseyneistat
In World of good people tho wouldn’t happen but in world of DEMONS ?
Otl
Casey neistats weakness
CaseyNeistat
Great :/
Why are you giving people ideas?
Why not just buy a regular board?
+Bennie “Bee836” C I have a skateboard, 2 longboards and an electric longboard that I made, they are completely different. Like telling a motorcyclist why not a bicycle. Its a toy you can use as a vehicle. I'm not going to longboard to work and get sweaty but you could ride an e-board and skip the traffic.
Eric B
Thing about a longboard is, you only get sweaty pushing strenuously. Anything you do with an Electric Board you can do with a regular Longboard or Skateboard.
It's all about your bearings. If you're bearings are extremely good, you'd be amazed how much you can get from one push.
I guess technically an electric is better for travel, but what if it dies? Then not only are you pushing, but you got more resistance as well. If you're willing to spend 1,000$ on an electric longboard, just buy a scooter or something.
+Bennie “Bee836” C Unless you're racing $60 bearings vs $10 bearings aren't worth it, as long as your bearings are clean; roll efficiency comes from good wheels. That aside, clearly you're not into the idea and that's fine. My e-board project cost roughly $300 - built, not bought. If it dies i guess i'm shit out of luck, but if it doesnt i'll be doing 20mph down the bike lane on flat. Don't knock it till you try it. Skateboards are great, longboards are great, e-boards are great. Coming back to your original comment: Why not anything?
Eric B Well, I'd be more than willing to build one. I'd take an electric board over those hoverboards any day though.
These guys are a joke who hacks on a Mack unless they use windows on it
Plagueless you obviously know nothing about computers. Let me give you a hint: Unix
who cares. not me
They just want to show off their programming skills. Oh yeah it's at risk. Do you also know someone can spray wd-40 on your brake disc when parked outside?
@caseyneistat