Paul Guinnessy
Interpol has listed Canada among the top 10 worst countries for #CarThefts out of 137 in its database - a “remarkable” feat, said a spokesperson, considering the country only began integrating their data with the international police organisation in February. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy79dq2n093o?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
How Canada became a car theft capital of the world

From installing bollards to hiring private security, fed up Canadians are trying new ways to safeguard their cars.

Jul 9, 2024 at 8:03pmWeb
Show threadHendrik WeimerJul 10, 2024

@Guinnessy Car theft is essentially a solved problem: use cryptographic authentication of CAN frames and bury the hardware security module containing the private key so deep in the car that it takes very long to access it. Unfortunately, car companies don't seem very interested in implementing this. At the same time, they are heavily pushing keyless access methods that introduce new vulnerabilities.
https://kentindell.github.io/2023/04/03/can-injection/

#cars #cryptography #security

CAN Injection: keyless car theft

This is a detective story about how a car was stolen - and how it uncovered an epidemic of high-tech car theft. It begins with a tweet. In April 2022, my friend Ian Tabor tweeted that vandals had been at his car, pulling apart the headlight and unplugging the cables.

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