Hackers Crack Key-Fob Encryption Used by More Than twenty five Automakers

Modern transponder-equipped car keys are supposed to be ultrasafe: The chip-keys and key fobs communicate with readers inwards the car, permitting the car to embark only once a secret digital password has been transmitted. But a team of security researchers says they’ve figured out a way to circumvent the system used by some of the world’s largest automakers—and that Volkswagen Group used a lawsuit to keep their findings from going public for more than two years. Read more