[ale] OT hackers steal keyless bmw in 3 minutes

[Jim Kinney]

The scariest one is OnStar having the ability to open the door locks and
start/stop the engine.

On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 3:24 PM, Alex Carver <agcarver+ale at acarver.net>wrote:

> On 9/20/2012 07:51, Cameron Kilgore wrote:
> > I saw someone demonstrate using the radio frequencies many tire sensors
> use to "hack" a car. I didn't think many embedded systems had access to the
> brakes.
> >
> > I agree, cars need to be pretty dumb. The only security risk I want to
> deal with in my car is someone else's bad driving.
> >
> > --Cameron
>
> Blame the car designers for not using isolated CAN bus segments for the
> critical components. Someone wanted some nifty trick along the way (like
> limit engine speed if tire pressure is low or apply brakes if tire
> pressure hits zero) but then that opens up more holes in the bus as more
> sensors have to talk to critical components.
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