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Your Car Could Be Held for Ransom: The Rise of Automotive Cyber Attacks
Autoblog ^ | June 20, 2025 | Brian Iselin

Posted on 06/20/2025 11:27:52 AM PDT by Red Badger

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1 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.

2 posted on 06/20/2025 11:36:39 AM PDT by Ciaphas Cain
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Wow....glad I drive older cars that I don’t require mortgages.


3 posted on 06/20/2025 11:37:04 AM PDT by griffin (When you have to shoot, SHOOT; don't talk. -Tuco)
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English is only my primary language...ugh.

Wow....glad I drive older cars that don’t require mortgages.


4 posted on 06/20/2025 11:38:14 AM PDT by griffin (When you have to shoot, SHOOT; don't talk. -Tuco)
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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.


5 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)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

They definitely need computers. What they shouldn’t have is “connectivity”.


6 posted on 06/20/2025 11:46:03 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: Red Badger
I love Oscar, my 1985 Ford Ranger.
7 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.)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

A wise man indeed


8 posted on 06/20/2025 11:46:47 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Red Badger

Mine has a key , a real key with remote nothing ,LOL


9 posted on 06/20/2025 11:50:26 AM PDT by butlerweave
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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.


10 posted on 06/20/2025 11:58:03 AM PDT by oil_dude
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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


11 posted on 06/20/2025 11:58:57 AM PDT by Snowybear (Do or do not, there is no try.)
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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.


12 posted on 06/20/2025 12:02:37 PM PDT by Ciaphas Cain
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To: Red Badger

I don’t own it. I just lease it. It’s Nissan’s problem, not mine if it happens.


13 posted on 06/20/2025 12:03:05 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Not going to affect my ‘57 Bel Air.


14 posted on 06/20/2025 12:05:52 PM PDT by oldplayer
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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.


15 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./.)
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To: TalBlack

Thankfully my old 2014 Mustang doesn’t have any connection to the internet..............


16 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....................)
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To: Snowybear

Aluminum foil is good.................

17 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....................)
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To: mass55th

Good point...............


18 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....................)
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To: Red Badger

Good luck hijacking my 2006 Honda CRV. 😆


19 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)
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I keep hoping someone will steal my 2004 BMW Z4 but there’s no stupid car thieves around here..............


20 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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