Just been speaking to a colleague at work, who live east Manchester area, and he told me 3 cars were lifted last night from his estate. All were keyless cars - one a new BMW M4, one a Mercedes Benz E class and one an Audi SQ7. All were caught on the individual house CCTV, (the thieves didn't even bother to cover their faces) and all cars gone within 45 seconds.
All were seen to be 2 men, one waving a bag around near the front door (obviously trying to pick up the key signal) and one near the car with another device. Within a few seconds the cars were unlocked and no more than 20 seconds later they were started and driven away.
Obviously this is getting more and more common, and is a concern to people like me that have keyless entry, but on checking things out on the web, I found this:
https://www.dataleaklawyers.co.uk/blog/volkswagen-vulnerable-to-key-hackingThe key point (no pun intended is) this paragraph :
Volkswagen have said to Automotive News that: “This current vehicle generation is not afflicted by the problems prescribed”. They claim that current Golf, Passat, Tiguan and Touran are not at risk.
Volkswagen has refused to comment on whether any other models have been affected – but, apparently, according to research, these flaws were also found on other Volkswagen Group vehicles like the 2016 Audi Q3.
This report was only on Volkswagen’s mass market brand. Many other companies such as Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini and Porsche are also part of the Volkswagen group, so these vehicles may also have the same vulnerability.
The vehicles on Volkswagen’s newest MQB platform do not seem to have the same vulnerability.
It will be interesting to see how Volkswagen handle this latest scandal…Not sure I believe this, but is it true that the MK7 Golf (being on the MQB platform) doesn't suffer from this vulnerability ?
