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Your Car Could Be Held for Ransom: The Rise of Automotive Cyber Attacks
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| June 20, 2025
| Brian Iselin
Posted on 06/20/2025 11:27:52 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger
My late father
absolutely HATED the notion of a computerized *anything* in a car or truck.
I can still hear him now. "A car only needs gas, air and electricity. It don't need no stupid computer!"
The older I get the more profound his wisdom is.
To: Red Badger
Wow....glad I drive older cars that I don’t require mortgages.
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posted on
06/20/2025 11:37:04 AM PDT
by
griffin
(When you have to shoot, SHOOT; don't talk. -Tuco)
To: griffin
English is only my primary language...ugh.
Wow....glad I drive older cars that don’t require mortgages.
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posted on
06/20/2025 11:38:14 AM PDT
by
griffin
(When you have to shoot, SHOOT; don't talk. -Tuco)
To: Red Badger
Yeah and these cyber crooks have god-like powers of invisibility and money that must go from you to them is invisible too.
We either have to start paying protection to these guys or we have to start treating them like the massive threat that they are. This ain’t some pimply fatboy his mommies basement.
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posted on
06/20/2025 11:43:08 AM PDT
by
TalBlack
(Their god is government. Prepare for a religious war.https://freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=4322961%2)
To: Ciaphas Cain
They definitely need computers. What they shouldn’t have is “connectivity”.
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posted on
06/20/2025 11:46:03 AM PDT
by
GingisK
To: Red Badger
I love Oscar, my 1985 Ford Ranger.
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posted on
06/20/2025 11:46:04 AM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
To: Ciaphas Cain
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posted on
06/20/2025 11:46:47 AM PDT
by
Vaduz
To: Red Badger
Mine has a key , a real key with remote nothing ,LOL
To: Red Badger
Not an expert, but if you do not pay to have your VEHICLE connected to wifi, it probably can’t be hacked? We need an IT guy to chime in here.
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posted on
06/20/2025 11:58:03 AM PDT
by
oil_dude
To: Red Badger
Always keep your fobs locked in a faraday box. They sell pouches for them too, you can take with you if you’re out shopping.
-SB
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posted on
06/20/2025 11:58:57 AM PDT
by
Snowybear
(Do or do not, there is no try.)
To: Snowybear
How reliable are faraday cages/boxes? I just read a novel where some of the characters put their mobile phones in such a box to keep from getting tracked, but they get found out anyway.
To: Red Badger
I don’t own it. I just lease it. It’s Nissan’s problem, not mine if it happens.
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posted on
06/20/2025 12:03:05 PM PDT
by
mass55th
(“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Not going to affect my ‘57 Bel Air.
To: oil_dude
“Not an expert, but if you do not pay to have your VEHICLE connected to wifi, it probably can’t be hacked?”
Most newer cars come connected via a cellspot. No sign up required unless you want certain remote features or to activate in-car wifi hot spot.
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posted on
06/20/2025 12:13:35 PM PDT
by
TexasGator
(111111I111.."'1'1.//1-1.'I'11-.1.'1'11\1I11111111111.1'11.'11/'~~'111./.)
To: TalBlack
Thankfully my old 2014 Mustang doesn’t have any connection to the internet..............
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posted on
06/20/2025 12:17:10 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Snowybear

Aluminum foil is good.................
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posted on
06/20/2025 12:18:34 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: mass55th
Good point...............
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posted on
06/20/2025 12:22:25 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
Good luck hijacking my 2006 Honda CRV. 😆
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posted on
06/20/2025 12:31:42 PM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: Georgia Girl 2
I keep hoping someone will steal my 2004 BMW Z4 but there’s no stupid car thieves around here..............
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posted on
06/20/2025 12:34:03 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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