By Goongnang Suksawat

 

Thalang – Police are warning drivers after car remote controls were hacked at a gas station in Thalang where drivers were unable to lock and unlock vehicles.

The Sakoo Police Chief Colonel Salan Santisartsanakun told the Phuket Express that they were notified by car drivers inside a PTT gas station near Phuket International Airport of the issue this week.

 

Many car drivers noticed that they were unable to lock and unlock their cars. After five minutes, when police arrived at the gas station, all of their car remote controls worked as normal.

 

Full story: https://thephuketexpress.com/2023/02/24/police-warn-of-car-remote-controls-being-hacked-at-gas-station-in-thalang/

 

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Keyless theft (otherwise known as relay theft) is relatively simple; all it requires is two small boxes of electronics, which thieves can use to open your car in as little as 60 seconds. Crooks will typically work in pairs to commit relay theft, with one holding a relay amplifier, and the other a relay transmitter, and the car gone in a minute or two.

Quick tips to prevent keyless car theft:

https://www.locksmiths.co.uk/faq/keyless-car-theft/

 

1 hour ago, Srikcir said:

Quick tips to prevent keyless car theft:

https://www.locksmiths.co.uk/faq/keyless-car-theft/

 

Buy a car that uses a key?

Or buy an old banger that no one wants to nick

I had a guy leaning up my 2 month old new Toyota a few days ago whilst I was at a restaurant, when I came out he moved but left a clean patch on my car , good job got dirt roads near me to conceal it 

sounds more likely that someone had a frequency jammer, not that all of those vehicles security or entry systems were all "hacked" at once.

 

Yes a jammer so cars were unlocked and could be robbed if they went in store or restroom. 

Or it could be unintentional jamming by an electronic device emitting spurious radio signals. 

I investigated that a couple of times when I was gainfully employed.