"Google, Uber and even Apple’s potential self-driving car can all be foiled..."

So two cars that haven't even been seen in public yet - one of which might not even exist - can be foiled by this technique?

Might be true, might not be - no way for anyone involved in this story to know though. Is this really what passes for journalism now?

In fact, according to the article, this was never even tested on an actual autonomous car's software - he just spoofed a commercial LIDAR system and extrapolated from there.