Motorcycle Gang Busted for Hacking and Stealing Over 150 Jeep Wranglers

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The FBI has arrested members of a motorcycle gang accused to have hacked and stolen over 150 Jeep Wranglers from Southern California, which they later crossed the border into Mexico to have stripped down for parts.

Authorities unsealed an indictment yesterday in a press conference held in San Diego. According to details included in the indictment and an attached search warrant, the gang — named Hooligans Motorcycle Club and based in Tijuana, Mexico — combined old school and modern hacking tactics to carry out the thefts undetected.

Hooligans Motorcycle Gang's "Dirty 30" were behind the thefts
Gang members that participate in these thefts had a very precise role and were part of a Hooligans Motorcycle Gang sub-unit called Dirty 30. All thefts followed the same model.

According to court documents, gang members organized themselves into various theft crews, and in each crew, members had different roles such as leader, thief, transporter, scout, or key cutter.

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[Entreri]

Fascinating.

For modern vehicles, some thieves intercept keyless fob signal, using a range extender, get into vehicle and drive off (no need to program a new key), all stealthy. No need to even tap the OBD2 port.

"The Jeep JK is somewhat unusual in that the OBD-II port is very simple and gives almost all (I say almost out of presumption and ignorance) control over all vehicle ECUs, and it does through one CAN bus network. The diagnostic CAN bus is connected directly to the TIPM module, which is the gateway to the rest of the vehicle."

http://www.wranglerforum.com/f202/hacking-the-obd-ii-diagnostic-port-1113194.html