Wednesday, July 6th, 2016 — Police and car insurers say thieves are using laptop computers to hack into late-model cars electronic ignitions to steal the vehicles, raising alarms about the auto industrys greater use of computer controls. The discovery follows a recent incident in Houston in which a pair of car thieves were caught on camera using a laptop to start a 2010 Jeep Wrangler and steal it from the owners driveway. Police say the same method may have been used in the theft of four other late-model Wranglers and Cherokees in the city. None of the vehicles has been recovered.
Thieves Go High-Tech to Steal Cars
Police and car insurers say thieves are using laptop computers to hack into late-model cars electronic ignitions to steal the vehicles, raising alarms about the auto industrys greater use of computer controls.