"Hitler’s favourite car company, VW, is in hot water over its electronic key which has a security vulnerably which makes it easy for hackers to open the car doors.
According to Wired, security researchers found they can use software defined radio (SDR) to remotely unlock hundreds of millions of cars.
...The UoB also found another security hole which affects Alfa Romeo, Citroën, Fiat, Ford, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Opel, and Peugeot.It exploits a much older cryptographic scheme used in key fobs called HiTag2.
The hacker has to do some electronic eavesdropping to capture a series of codes sent out by a remote key fob.
Once a few codes had been gathered, the encryption scheme can be encyrpted in under a minute.
When the attacks might appear a bit convoluted, it is thought that they are behind a rash of car thefts, including a few in the US as hackers exploit the power of 1990s-era automotive-grade encryption with cheap hacking gear."
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