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mturmon
on Aug 14, 2015
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VW Has Spent Two Years Trying to Hide a Big Securi...
I can think of other, lower tech, DoS attacks against cars -- which are also not much exploited.
beat
on Aug 14, 2015
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Someone once DoS'd my car, by slashing two tires. On a downtown public street.
tbomb
on Aug 14, 2015
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That sucks to have happened to you, but that sentence made me lol.
imh
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People always say this about physical tech, but the difference is ease and scalability. Slashing all the car tires in a block is harder and more traceable than sending out a small RF signal.
lwf
on Aug 15, 2015
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Remediating slashed tires is a lot more difficult than waiting for your attacker to get bored and move on.
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