Connected Car
On Friday, CNBC Executive Editor Jay Yarow tweeted that a Tesla he had totaled last year was now in southern Ukraine, and the new owner was listening to Drake on Yarow’s Spotify account. Yarow’s story went viral, offering a crash course on the security risks associated with cars that have evolved into computers-on-wheels. Online auction site Copart, which partners with salvage yards, scooped up the Tesla after it was totaled and listed it for sale. Yarow contacted Tesla to see how he could log out of his former car, and the company instructed him to disconnect the vehicle from his account. Tesla should have had a “wipe all my info from this car” feature long ago, they said.