“Greater Toronto Area” = GTA.
What a coincidence.
Jokes aside, this is bound to happen.
It’s disturbing that a vulnerability like this isn’t caught as a show-stopper before the technology is sold to consumers.
What a coincidence.
Jokes aside, this is bound to happen.
It’s disturbing that a vulnerability like this isn’t caught as a show-stopper before the technology is sold to consumers.
Everyone knew about this for many years. Interactive transponders are quite old (late 90s? early 2000s?) and were designed to mitigate attacks like this one (because the user has to interact with the transponder, i.e. press the button it has for it to work, all passive attacks fail).
All you have to do is keep the fob inside a shielded case at home and you're fine.
Because we all have Faraday cages in our homes, and I'm sure the salesman who sold the car also made the customer aware of this vulnerability. /sarcasm.
Yes, most people who own cars new enough to have this vulnerability own microwave ovens.