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A NY Times columnist had his car stolen by kids who were possibly using a repeater to rebroadcast his key fob:
Keyless entry systems typically only communicate with their remote fobs over the distance of a few feet, but he thinks that the gadget is capable of extending this range, fooling the car into thinking that the remote is within range even though it was actually in Bilton's House, about 50 feet away. He arrived at this theory after he consulted with Boris Danev, a Swiss-based security expert:
"It's a bit like a loudspeaker, so when you say hello over it, people who are 100 meters away can hear the word, 'hello,'" Mr. Danev said. "You can buy these devices anywhere for under $100." He said some of the lower-range devices cost as little as $17 and can be bought online on sites like eBay, Amazon and Craigslist.
Sounds creative and easy. Maybe those clubs aren't so silly after all.
(Score: 2) by captain normal on Friday April 17 2015, @08:15PM
"The club itself is mostly impervious"... Unless one has an inexpensive battery powered high speed grinder/cutter with a composition metal cutting blade. Then it only takes a few seconds cut off the club.
The Musk/Trump interview appears to have been hacked, but not a DDOS hack...more like A Distributed Denial of Reality.
(Score: 2) by frojack on Friday April 17 2015, @08:27PM
Wrong track guys.
Nobody is stealing the car. They are simply stealing everything left in the car.
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 3, Funny) by nitehawk214 on Friday April 17 2015, @09:10PM
You wouldn't download a car.
"Don't you ever miss the days when you used to be nostalgic?" -Loiosh
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 17 2015, @08:41PM
> "The club itself is mostly impervious"
> Unless one has an inexpensive battery powered high speed grinder/cutter
Pedant for the fail!
(1) 'mostly'
(2) If you have one of those you can cut through the steering wheel even faster, easier and quieter.