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100 Million Volkswagen Cars Vulnerable to Wireless Hack Due to 20-year-old Flaw

posted by n1 on Sunday August 14 2016, @09:02AM   Printer-friendly
from the open-sesame dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for butthurt

A duo of computer experts at the University of Birmingham, Flavio Garcia and David Oswald, have uncovered two flaws in VW's keyless entry systems that could allow hackers to remotely unlock over 100 million cars sold by the firm since 1995.

The first vulnerability gives hackers the ability to remotely break into nearly every car VW has sold since 2000, while the second impacts "millions" more vehicles including models from Ford, Peugeot and Citroen.

Source: The Inquirer

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by digitalaudiorock on Sunday August 14 2016, @02:57PM

    by digitalaudiorock (688) on Sunday August 14 2016, @02:57PM (#387861) Journal

    The annoying part is that along the way they've managed to start selling keys that can cost up $400 that are probably no more secure than the $1.60 copy I can get at the hardware store for by 2005 Scion. From that standpoint "security" works out pretty well for them I suppose.

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