[euronews] Hackers steer a new route – to your car

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Piratages hitech pour voitures… hitech

Pirater une voiture dotées de clés électroniques peut s’avérer facile. Il existe pour cela nombre de solutions. Du branchement sur la prise diagnostic de l’auto, au détournement des fonctions multimédia…
Cars which lock without using keys can be hacked into as easily as any other computerised device. Just as you lock it with your remote control, the thief blocks the signal and the car remains unlocked. Now the contents can be stolen without attracting attention by breaking a window.
 
It has already happened in Switzerland, and the piece of equipment thieves use can be bought via the internet – a radio frequency scrambler.
 
But having your car hacked can also result in it being stolen, pure and simple – and modern cars have multiple vulnerabilities: from the plug for the car’s diagnostic computer to the multimedia functions. The CD and radio, GPS, Bluetooth, WIFI, USB port - they are all doors to hackers.

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Source : http://www.euronews.com/2012/09/25/hacking-into-a-car/
http://fr.euronews.com/2012/09/25/piratages-hitech-pour-voitures-hitech/

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