{"id":97892,"date":"2016-07-12T09:00:09","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T07:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=97892"},"modified":"2016-07-12T09:13:21","modified_gmt":"2016-07-12T07:13:21","slug":"watch-these-car-thieves-use-a-laptop-to-steal-a-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/97892-watch-these-car-thieves-use-a-laptop-to-steal-a-car","title":{"rendered":"Watch these car thieves use a laptop to steal a car"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police and car insurers say thieves are using laptop computers to hack into late-model cars\u2019 electronic ignitions to steal the vehicles, raising alarms about the auto industry\u2019s greater use of computer controls, in a report to the Wall Street Journal<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This follows several incidents worldwide, where thieves have used wireless access to jump start cars – eliminating any need for brute force.<\/p>\n

“Fiat Chrysler, General Motors<\/a><\/strong> Co.<\/span> and Tesla Motors<\/a><\/strong> Inc.<\/span> have had to alter their car electronics over the last two years after learning their vehicles could be hacked.”<\/p>\n

“In an era where we call our cars computers on wheels, it becomes more and more difficult to stop hacking” said Yoni Heilbronn, vice president of marketing for Israel-based Argus Cyber Security Ltd., a company developing technologies to stop or detect hackers. \u201cWhat we now need is multiple layers of protection to make the efforts of carrying out a cyberattack very costly and deter hackers from spending the time and effort.\u201d<\/p>\n

You can check out one such incident below, where a thief was caught on camera stealing a 2010 Jeep Wrangler in Houston, Texas:<\/p>\n