Disgruntled Ex-Employee Remotely Disables 100 Cars 384
hansamurai writes "Over one hundred cars equipped with a Webtech Plus blackbox were remotely disabled when a former employee of dealership Texas Auto Center got hold of his employer's database of users. Webtech Plus is repossession software that allows the dealership to disable a car's ignition or trigger the horn to honk when a payment is due. Owners had to remove the battery to stop the incessant honking. After the dealership began fielding an unusually high number of calls from upset car owners, they changed the passwords to the Webtech Plus software and then traced the IP address used to access the client to its former employee."
I don't understand (Score:5, Funny)
Can someone explain this article to me using a car analogy?
Re:What a dolt . . . (Score:5, Funny)
or the Brown Note?
Re:Should have changed password right away (Score:5, Funny)
Since I RTFA I know that he used someone else's password.
This sounds like some great software. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:This sounds like some great software. (Score:5, Funny)
I think a new Toyota would be exactly what you're looking for.
Another disgruntled employee (Score:5, Funny)
When are bosses going to learn to stop taking away their gruntles??
Re:Moron (Score:5, Funny)
Oh man, trying to read that hurt. Punctuation is our friend.
Re:Moron (Score:3, Funny)
> Punctuation is our friend. ::
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>:: aztek
>No sig for you!!
Uh..it's easy to get carried away, however...
Re:What a dolt . . . (Score:1, Funny)
I'd bet at least one of them was playing "La Cucaracha."
Re:This sounds like some great software. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Back door? (Score:5, Funny)
Well, duh! Because it's easier to remember. And it's better than having a post-it for each car -- just one post-it with the one password will do!
Update of old sticker (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Back door? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:and (Score:4, Funny)
<sarcasm>
Of course its hacking! how else could someone do that???
Next you're going to say that someone guessing a Facebook password isn't hacking!!!
</sarcasm>
Re:So... (Score:4, Funny)
OnStar would interpret such a move as an attack.
Re:So... (Score:1, Funny)
They already are. See the latest OnStar commercials. If they're chasing you and you don't stop, they can either slow your car down, kill it, and/or make it start honking and flashing lights.
Sounds like something that Toyota could use for their cars...
Re:Back door? (Score:4, Funny)
Well, duh! Because it's easier to remember. And it's better than having a post-it for each car -- just one post-it with the one password will do!
One post-it to rule them all!
Re:Maroons make the news (Score:2, Funny)
Re:So... (Score:3, Funny)
oh jeebus.
Come on, man. really? [wikipedia.org]
Re:Back door? (Score:3, Funny)
You can even stick it on your monitor!
That's no good. What if it falls off?
Even sticking a post-it under the keyboard won't do. Safest would be writing the password on the beige crt monitor bezel using a jiffy marker.
All joking aside I've seen it done. Not sure what happens if the password changes. Whiteout?
Re:Back door? (Score:5, Funny)
But what happens after the last payment is made?
Re:I don't understand (Score:3, Funny)