Alan_uk
A2OC Donor
Just saw this BBC website story: 'Millions' of Volkswagen cars can be unlocked via hack. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37057689
The problem affects a range of vehicles manufactured between 1995 and 2016 - including VWs and models from the company's Audi, Seat and Skoda brands.
Based on the story the hack involves using a cheap, home-maded radio receiver to listen in to the key fob signal. Decoding and interpreting the signal needs some skill but no doubt web solutions will be available on the dark web. The real concern is that once decoded the researchers discovered that VW is using the same master cryptographic keys on multiple cars!!!!!
The researchers told VW of the problem back in November 2015. I hope they have a solution ready but probably not with all that dieselgate fiasco.
The problem affects a range of vehicles manufactured between 1995 and 2016 - including VWs and models from the company's Audi, Seat and Skoda brands.
Based on the story the hack involves using a cheap, home-maded radio receiver to listen in to the key fob signal. Decoding and interpreting the signal needs some skill but no doubt web solutions will be available on the dark web. The real concern is that once decoded the researchers discovered that VW is using the same master cryptographic keys on multiple cars!!!!!
The researchers told VW of the problem back in November 2015. I hope they have a solution ready but probably not with all that dieselgate fiasco.