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Re:Police admit they're 'stumped' by mystery car thefts by jcampbell1 on Wednesday June 05, 2013 @01:21PM (#5827080)
To me this looks like a Honda/Acura specific exploit to unlock the passenger side door. It doesn't look like a replay attack, nor do these guys have the ability to start and steal the car, which uses separate encryption keys from the locks.

I agree with you that this crypto system failure, not an algorithm exploit.

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Re:Police admit they're 'stumped' by mystery car thefts by Zimahl on Wednesday June 05, 2013 @02:03PM (#5827377)
Or they are just really smart thieves. Better to get caught with petty theft than grand theft auto. Also, maybe keeping the crime as just theft is keeping it under the radar - the cops aren't going to throw up any road blocks for that level of crime.
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