Man Hacks 100 Cars Using Remote, Internet
Every business has to deal with disgruntled former employees. But when one of those bad eggs finds a way to access hundreds of your automobiles, you might want to fill out his unemployment papers quick. A very agitated former Texas car dealer took his rage out on the dealer by disabling 100 automobiles, using only a key fob remote & computer. This guy should go into computerized security work.
Over 100 customers in the Austin, TX area found their cars uncontrollably honking or disabled after the Omar Ramos-Lopez, 20, allegedly used an internet-based system to cause the problems. Ramos-Lopez was an employee of the Texas Auto Center until last month.
“We initially dismissed it as mechanical failure,” Texas Auto Center manager Martin Garcia was quoted as saying. “We started having a rash of up to a hundred customers at one time complaining. Some customers complained of the horns going off in the middle of the night. The only option they had was to remove the battery.”
Texas Auto Center uses Webtech Plus to disable vehicles whose owners are behind on payments. The system connects to a small box installed under the dashboard, and allows the dealership to disable the ignition or trigger the horn.
Pic, Source: WorldCarFans
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