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Title: Laptop used to reprogram, steal more than 100 cars in Houston
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URL Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/houston- ... utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark
Published: Aug 6, 2016
Author: please stop asking me that
Post Date: 2016-08-06 22:47:45 by NeoconsNailed
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HOUSTON (AP) — Two men jailed in Houston and accused of using pirated computer software to steal more than 100 vehicles may have exploited an electronic vulnerability to advance auto theft into high-tech crime. Michael Arce, 24, and Jesse Zelaya, 22, focused on new Jeep and Dodge vehicles, which attract big money on the black market in Mexico, authorities said. The men allegedly used a laptop computer to reprogram the targeted vehicles' electronic security so their own key worked. The stolen vehicles had a common software that's used by auto technicians and dealers, Houston police officer Jim Woods said. "As you get more and more computers installed in vehicles — if somebody has that knowledge and that ability, they can turn around and figure out a way to manipulate the system," he said. Fiat Chrysler, which makes Jeeps and Dodges, and police are investigating how the thieves got access to a computerized database of codes used by dealers, locksmiths and independent auto repair shops to replace lost key fobs, said Berj Alexanian, a spokesman at the company's U.S. headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan. He said the code database is national and includes vehicles in areas outside of Houston, although he wasn't aware of similar thefts elsewhere. "We're looking at every and all solutions to make sure our customers can safely and without thinking park their vehicles," Alexanian said Friday. With more automotive tasks becoming computerized and more cars being linked to the internet, such thefts are likely to increase across the globe, said Yoni Heilbronn, a computer security expert. The auto industry has worked hard in the past year to develop protections, but hackers with multiple motivations will always be looking for ways to get in, said Heilbronn, vice president of marketing for Argus Cyber Security, an Israeli company that works with automakers. While increased computerization brings safety benefits, Heilbronn foresees more thefts, malicious software being installed that shuts down cars until a ransom is paid, and even attacks that disable many cars at a time. The industry, he said, has to install multiple layers of defense. Automakers have been working together to develop best practices and to share information on cybersecurity threats. Companies, including Fiat Chrysler, have their own hacking teams and have offered bounties to outside hackers if they find vulnerabilities. The Houston investigation began in late May with the theft of a Jeep Wrangler near downtown. Leads in that case had been exhausted when investigators received information from federal Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers about vehicles being stolen using a laptop. Arce and Zelaya then were identified as suspects....... Poster Comment: Zzzzz.... wha--WHAT? Homeland Security did something good???
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#1. To: NeoconsNailed (#0)
Not really. Homeland Security's full umbrella title includes "Immigration and Customs Enforcement." These geniuses, who were specifically focusing their mad ( illegal alien?) thieving skills on marketable cars in MEXICO, had a criminal record on HS's database which includes ICE's data input. Arce and Zelaya were "identified as suspects" because they were known ( illegal alien?) criminals to ICE, who had been let loose to roam in the USA, when they should have been deported. That's my theory and I'm sticking to it!
Do Not buy these vehicles until their vulnerability to theft has been addressed. That's the easiest way to 'dodge' that problem :)
#2. To: NeoconsNailed (#0)
new Jeep and Dodge vehicles
-Alex Kurtagic
#3. To: X-15 (#2)
My bomber is nearly as olde as you, cant steal with no lap top. Rode real car other day, stick shift on the floor and hand crank windows for automatic A/C.
#4. To: Cynicom (#3)
I'm proud to drive a "dumb" 2001 car, which I'm only doing because the '97 gave out. To me pushbutton windows are the pure height of luxury. When I was a little kid they were all hand-cranked and when somebody's family got pushbuttons, that was a real WOW. Don't know that we ever did! My grandfather drive a Rambler(?) with pushbutton shift -- then my sister got it.
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“We build but to tear down. Most of our work and resource is squandered. Our onward march is marked by devastation. Everywhere there is an appalling loss of time, effort and life. A cheerless view, but true.” - Tesla per FP
#5. To: NeoconsNailed (#4)
Nash Rambler... If you say you drove a Henry J. will have cops pick you up. That was first real small car but it was a novelty after the war. It died out as was ahead of its time. People wanted yachts on the road. My grandfather drive a Rambler(?) with pushbutton shift -- then my sister got it.
#6. To: X-15, lod, neoconsnailed (#2)
U.S. Constitution - Article IV, Section 4: NO BORDERS + NO LAWS = NO COUNTRY
#7. To: NeoconsNailed, x-15 (#4) (Edited)
Is it true that every Mexican in Texas wants to steal your car? 
U.S. Constitution - Article IV, Section 4: NO BORDERS + NO LAWS = NO COUNTRY
#8. To: HAPPY2BME-4UM (#7)
Si!! Is it true that every Mexican in Texas wants to steal your car?
-Alex Kurtagic
#9. To: X-15 (#8)
============================================ The software (a simple DVD disk, or the program put on USB, then ported to a laptop) that was STOLEN came from a dealership somewhere in the US, but I'm betting Mexico. All they have to do is put it on a laptop, connect the USB cable to the laptop and gain entrance to the cabin, then connect the same USB cable to the cable harness inside the cab and the car or truck is theirs. Chrysler owners should be parking their rigs back at the dealerships until this is fixed. Did you know Fiat is the majority owner of Dodge-Chrysler? Si!!
U.S. Constitution - Article IV, Section 4: NO BORDERS + NO LAWS = NO COUNTRY
#10. To: Cynicom (#5)
Isn't the Henry J the car you could buy from the Sears/Roebuck catalog? Those suckers are worth big bucks these days. Or did you mean a Henweigh? :)
#11. To: Obnoxicated (#10)
Obs.... The Henry J.....as in Henry Kaiser, the ship builder. Two door, torpedo rear end, 4 cylinder. One had to get out and help push them up hills. They were decades ahead of their time.
#12. To: Obnoxicated (#10)
They were sod through Sears as the Allstate, and ad Sears batteries, shocks, tires etc. Kaiser dealers hated them because they cost less and had more options than a Henry J. Isn't the Henry J the car you could buy from the Sears/Roebuck catalog?
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#13. To: Cynicom (#11)
We had one when I was kid. Folks had a Crosley before we brats came along -- it used to keep breaking down.
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“We build but to tear down. Most of our work and resource is squandered. Our onward march is marked by devastation. Everywhere there is an appalling loss of time, effort and life. A cheerless view, but true.” - Tesla per FP
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