Stealing Luxury Cars Has Never Looked So Easy

<p>Luxury cars, like everything else in this entire world, including <a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ae3y8e/yes-your-smart-dildo-can-be-hacked" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">sex toys</a>, <a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/kbzea3/hacking-dick-cheneys-heart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">pacemakers</a>, <a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mgdp43/runa-sandvik-hoty" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">firearms</a>, <a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8xwpav/but-actually-how-scary-is-critical-infrastructure-hacking" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the electric grid</a>, and <a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ne5d5g/how-us-military-cybercom-hackers-hacked-islamic-state-documents" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ISIS</a>, can be hacked. But most people aren't hackers, which is why a device that can automatically hack a keyless entry vehicle by the push of a button is quite useful for car thieves</p><p><br></p><p>The so-called “relay attack” is ideal for the era of increasingly digitized vehicles,&nbsp;requires something called a “keyless repeater” to fake the signal of the keys to a targeted car and&nbsp;ultimately gain entry. After that, it’s as easy as what Whiz Khalifa once said in his famous song "Black &amp; Yellow’:" No keys, push to start.</p><p><br></p><p>And the keyless repeater is sold online for a few thousand dollars by a man who goes by the alias “EvanConnect” who shared a <a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7kz48x/guy-selling-relay-attack-keyless-repeaters-to-steal-cars" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">video of the whole process</a> with Motherboard reporter Joseph Cox. It turns out that&nbsp;his device can specifically be used to hack snazzy cars made by upscale companies like Mercedes Benz, Rolls Royce, and Fiat.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>This week on CYBER, Cox is back on the show to tell us about this whole sketch relay attack and how it all works.</p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: gr