Revealed: car industry was warned keyless vehicles vulnerable to theft a decade ago

https://literature.cafe/post/7332927

Revealed: car industry was warned keyless vehicles vulnerable to theft a decade ago - literature.cafe

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

Seems to be specifically about these you unlock from your phone and then press a button to start

A device disguised as a games console - known as an “emulator” - is being exploited by thieves to steal vehicles within 20 seconds by mimicking the electronic key.

Could be the Flipper Zero that Canada just banned, due to it’s use in car thefts.

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Enrique Dans
The flipper zero can’t get around rolling codes, unless it’s a very specific situation. Car thiefs aren’t using them.

The OP’s quote leaves out the “It is being targeted at Hyundai and Kia models.” part. From what I can find those brands are (were?) susceptible to rollback where sending an old code reactivates codes that came after it

reddit.com/…/broken_rolling_code_system_old_sent_…

Default firmware cannot, and most cars won’t work. But specific makes have decades old security holes that still exist in new models… for reasons?