150 Jeep Wranglers by Outlaw motorcycle raiders What is the tragic way of mass theft?

ByThe San Diego Union-Tribune

It seems that an investigative female has entered the city bordering the United States, a car thief based in Tijuana, Mexico. This thief is a group of outlaw motorbike rides gathered, and in the past few years it is suspected that he stealed 150 Jeep Wranglers equivalent to $ 4.5 million (about 500 million yen), but that In the background, shadows of stakeholders at the automaker level are also visible, which highlights the existence of a large organizational theft group.

Feds indict members of Tijuana's Hooligans bikers club in high-tech Jeep thefts - The San Diego Union-Tribune
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/courts/sd-me-countywide-crime-20170530-story.html

Bikers stole 150 Jeeps with hacked keys - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/31/15720940/jeep-hack-bikers-theft-ring-security

A series of thefts began around 2014, and a common theft process exists. First of all, the theft group firstly identifies the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)Vehicle identification number) And inquires this in the database managed by the car maker. In this database, only authorized manufacturers can access it, the US investigative authorities including the FBI are investigating the existence of the local car dealer.

ByAbdullah Al Bargan

The database contains the pattern (shape) of the key attached to each vehicle and information for accessing the computer chip and rewriting the contents data. After obtaining this information, the thief first opens the Jeep Wrangler door with the fake key that duplicates the key pattern, turns on the vehicle by plugging the key into the keyhole next to the handle. And theft process which seems to rewrite the contents of the computer based on another information and steal it and run away is considered to have been established.

ByAbdullah Al Bargan

Jeep Wrangler stolen in this way is said to be brought into Mexico as it is, or it is made into parts that falls apart, and that it is sold for sale. The amount of damage found to date has reached 4.5 million dollars (about 500 million yen). Thieves consist of nine members, three were arrested this time, but the remaining six are still believed to be latent in Mexico. In addition, it is also clear that 7 out of 9 people are American citizens.

It has been clear that it is possible to hack a car's computer to take over control as described below.

A hacker who hacked up the jeep and succeeded hacking again succeeded, this time manipulating the steering wheel to "get off" - GIGAZINE


, There is not much organizational theft by acquiring information that should not be available to general users, and furthermore, as with this approach, no matter how high user security awareness is, virtually countermeasures Because there is no defense method, establishment of the security system of the manufacturer side is more required.