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Revealed: car industry was warned keyless vehicles vulnerable to theft a decade ago (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 8 months ago by Bebo@literature.cafe to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Experts alerted motor trade to security risks of ‘smart key’ systems which have now fuelled highest level of car thefts for a decade.

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[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 10 points 8 months ago

These are different attack vectors.
The classic one was listening to a key, then impersonating it later.
Rolling keys fixed that.

For keyless, the usual attack is working as a relay.
Victim is 30m from their car, too far for keyless.
Attacker stands between the car and the victim with a transceiver that links the car and the key together, despite the distance, and opens it.