They weren’t hacked though, right? They just didn’t include the chip verification that we’ve had for decades so people broke into the steering column to turn the ignition. You probably could have used a flathead screwdriver and just jammed that in the key slot and turned and it still would work.
It absolutely would work. People make a big deal about “you can steal it with a USB drive!” as if this is some new sophisticated method leveraging technology but that’s just because the hole left after breaking into the column is the same size and shape as a USB port, but the classic “hammer a screwdriver into the ignition” method would work just the same.
They weren’t hacked though, right? They just didn’t include the chip verification that we’ve had for decades so people broke into the steering column to turn the ignition. You probably could have used a flathead screwdriver and just jammed that in the key slot and turned and it still would work.
It absolutely would work. People make a big deal about “you can steal it with a USB drive!” as if this is some new sophisticated method leveraging technology but that’s just because the hole left after breaking into the column is the same size and shape as a USB port, but the classic “hammer a screwdriver into the ignition” method would work just the same.