Nigeria’s Communications Commission published a warning yesterday advising drivers in the West African country to beware of a new cybercrime method being used by hackers where car doors can be opened and vehicles can be started without keys, all done remotely while the criminals hide nearby.
According to CSIRT’s report, released to the media by Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, Director Public Affairs at the NCC, there is an existing cyber-vulnerability with certain makes of vehicles that allows hackers to remotely unlock vehicles, start their engines wirelessly and then steal the cars. The only requirement is that the hackers be nearby the vehicles to allow the process to take place.
“The attack consists of a threat actor capturing the radiofrequency signals sent from your key fob to the car and resending these signals to take control of your car’s remote keyless entry system,” Adinde quotes the CSIRT report.
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