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**GennadiyRom** · 03-18-2010, 05:32 PM

Hacker Disables More Than 100 Cars Remotely

More than 100 drivers in Austin, Texas found their cars disabled or the horns honking out of control, after an intruder ran amok in a web-based vehicle-immobilization system normally used to get the attention of consumers delinquent in their auto payments.

Police with Austin’s High Tech Crime Unit on Wednesday arrested 20-year-old Omar Ramos-Lopez, a former Texas Auto Center employee who was laid off last month, and allegedly sought revenge by bricking the cars sold from the dealership’s four Austin-area lots.

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**Gulauur** · 03-18-2010, 06:01 PM

So I guess this used car dealership puts a lojack on all of their cars, great place to buy from I can tell.

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GennadiyRom Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 450 Senior Member	Hacker Disables More Than 100 Cars Remotely Hacker Disables More Than 100 Cars Remotely More than 100 drivers in Austin, Texas found their cars disabled or the horns honking out of control, after an intruder ran amok in a web-based vehicle-immobilization system normally used to get the attention of consumers delinquent in their auto payments. Police with Austin’s High Tech Crime Unit on Wednesday arrested 20-year-old Omar Ramos-Lopez, a former Texas Auto Center employee who was laid off last month, and allegedly sought revenge by bricking the cars sold from the dealership’s four Austin-area lots. ---Read More--- Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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Gulauur Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 595 Senior Member	So I guess this used car dealership puts a lojack on all of their cars, great place to buy from I can tell. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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