How Car Thieves Could Steal Your Car Without Touching It

[jimken]

The autosphere has been abuzz for weeks now with reports of how computer hackers could break into vehicles’ computer systems remotely. At first those claims were dismissed as hype, since the company issuing the warnings makes anti-virus software. But now a team of researchers have confirmed the threat is real, which has automakers and the federal government scrambling in response to the potential threat.
Stefan Savage of the University of California, San Diego, and Tadayoshi Kohno of the University of Washington, lead the research team. They discovered they could literally “dial” access a vehicle’s electronics system through Bluetooth. Once established, the team could unlock the vehicle’s doors, turn on the engine, and even broadcast its location via GPS. Originally, the team would have had to break in physically into the car and plug in their laptop into the vehicle’s diagnostic port, usually located underneath the driver’s side of the dash. Now those crude means are unnecessary. Other universities have confirmed Savage and Kohno’s findings and other openings riddling car’s electronic systems.
Reaction has been swift from the automotive manufacturing community and the government. “We are focused on equipping our vehicles with both the features and the security protections our customers want and need,” Dan Flores, spokesperson for General Motors, said in a statement. The Society of Automotive Engineers, a voluntary association of auto manufacturers and associate industries and bodies, formed a committee earlier this year to develop new cyber security guidelines. The U.S. Transportation Department is also reviewing its own procedures.
Savage and Kohno point to encryption systems to prevent hacking into car computer system. But SAE staff engineer Peter Byk is more pessimistic, pointing out that even if automakers secure their systems, they’ll continue to add more layers of complexity, potentially giving car hackers new opportunities to access the vehicle.

[importautosalvage]

with all this wireless shit out today i knew this would eventually happen, my cars are so old im not scared,