[IP] Thieves outwit high-tech advances
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Subject: Thieves outwit high-tech advances
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 01:10:01 -0500
From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Thieves outwit high-tech advances
# Automobile antitheft systems have gotten smart -- but so have
networks of criminals.
By Ralph Vartabedian, Times Staff Writer
February 8, 2006
The recent thefts in Southern California of several Lexus LS 400s,
known among security experts for their antitheft systems that tie
into the car's central computer system, have created new concerns
about the evolving expertise of organized crime rings to defeat the
auto industry's most clever engineering.
In the past, the theft of a few vehicles might not have seemed like
such a big deal. But the ability of thieves to defeat top-tier
automotive technology is another sign of the sophistication of
criminal networks. Increasingly, car theft is more like computer
hacking than like breaking and entering a home or business protected
by physical locks and keys.
For every step taken by engineers to increase the difficulty of
stealing a car, criminal networks have responded with schemes to
defeat physical and electronic systems.
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http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-hy-wheels8feb08,1,1199256.story
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