'Millions' of Volkswagen cars can be unlocked via hack

[KG648]

This concerns me a bit, anyone else read?

The problem affects a range of vehicles manufactured between 1995 and 2016 - including VWs and models from the company's Audi, Seat and Skoda brands.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37057689

 

[Raiden]

Didn't something like this happen years with certain models you could open the doors with just a screw driver? I wouldn't worry to much. Its probably less then 1% of all there cars world wide that are effected

 

[alFR]

Wow, according to a quick google search that multi-storey car park with the automatic car filing system in the top picture is real - I thought it was a Photoshop job!

 

[AudiSpy]

Wow, according to a quick google search that multi-storey car park with the automatic car filing system in the top picture is real - I thought it was a Photoshop job!

Oh yes it's real. Next check out the giant car cable car for moving them around production lines!

 

[lfcrule1972]

From the BBC article:

"Security expert Ken Munro at Pen Test Partners said critical components of the attack had been omitted from the published paper.

"You'd need some academic-level knowledge of cryptography to be able to do this," he added."

I suspect this will exclude most scrotes who look for an easy theft