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posted by Fnord666 on Thursday August 08 2019, @11:33PM   Printer-friendly
from the gone-in-less-than-60-seconds dept.

Some of the UK's newest and most popular cars are at risk of being stolen in seconds by exploiting weaknesses in keyless entry systems. The systems let drivers open and start their cars without taking their key out of their pocket. A DS 3 Crossback and Audi TT RS were taken in 10 seconds, and a Land Rover Discovery Sport TD4 180 HSE in 30.

What Car? security experts performed the tests using the same specialist technology operated by thieves. They measured the time it took to get into the cars and drive them away.

Car theft rates in England and Wales have reached an eight-year high. In 2018, more than 106,000 vehicles were stolen. And motor theft insurance claim payouts hit their highest level in seven years at the start of 2019.

The Association of British Insurers said claims for January to March were higher than for any quarter since 2012.

It said a rise in keyless car crime was partly to blame, but did not have figures on what proportion of claims were for keyless vehicles.

Previously:
Volkswagen Finally Agrees to Publication Of Vulnerability Paper, After Removal of One Sentence


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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 09 2019, @01:56AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 09 2019, @01:56AM (#877717)

    Who remembers that back in the 1980s, PCs often had a keyed lock on the case, to disable the keyboard port? They were stupidly easy to bypass or jimmy, and hardware is always a lot more expensive than software.

    Hell, even into the 90s. And if they were PCs (not workstations), they usually were keyed alike which allowed me, being a joker asshole at times, to use my key to lock all the computers in the lab with my own key.

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