Austin Incident: Vehicle Disabling Due to Web-Based Breach Incident

Mar 18, 2010 •

Anthony Pell

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Great article by Kevin Poulsen. More than 100 drivers in Austin, Texas found their cars disabled or the horns honking out of control, after an intruder ran amok in a web-based vehicle-immobilization system normally used to get the attention of consumers delinquent in their auto payments.

Police with Austin

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