Last week , a distrust stealer ’s getaway fomite turned into his jail mobile phone when BMW employees manage to chase after and remotely interlace a stolen car in Seattle , according to law .
After contacting BMW corporate , officers were render the current location of the vehicle by an employee . Police say they found the automobile stagnate in an alley with the suspect asleep at heart . From the SPD Blotter :
BMW employee were able to remotely lock the car ’s door , trapping the defendant inside , presumptively while hissing something terrifying like “ I ’m not lock up in here with you , you‘re lock in here with me ” into the car ’s effectual system .
officer roused the suspect , who quickly , but unsuccessfully , tried to repulse off .
police force say they then book the defendant for machine stealing and drug possession .
While the metropolis police blotter did not specify how employee locked the fomite , BMW offers a service that allows call eye staff to “ remotely lock or give the doors to your vehicle as needed ” through the company ’s SIM card - based ConnectedDrive system .
In 2015 , BMW announced that it was increasing security department on ConnectedDrive after the German Automobile Association found it couldwirelessly send any dictation through the system , which apparently used no encryption . And in July , a security measures investigator discovered that BMW ’s own ConnectedDrive web portalappeared to have vulnerabilitiesthat allowed attackers to cut up vehicle through a browser app .
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Now , as always , such great king comes withgreat responsibility .
[ CNET ]
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