Kevin Mahaffey, chief technology officer of cybersecurity firm Lookout, and Marc Rogers, principal security researcher at Cloudflare, said they decided to hack a Tesla car because the company has a reputation for understanding software than most automakers, the FT said. Tesla is issuing a patch, which all drivers will have by Thursday, to fix the flaws, the FT said. Tesla could not be immediately reached for comment outside regular U.S. business hours.