British thief jailed for stealing a car worth 180,000 pounds with a “game boy”
The Leeds Criminal Court sentenced three car thieves to jail for stealing a car using a device designed to look like a Nintendo game console. All pleaded guilty to the charge of conspiracy to steal. The gang successfully stolen five Mitsubishi Outlander cars valued at approximately £180,000 using handheld devices.
West Yorkshire Police estimated that the device itself was worth about £20,000, and Tell BBC It can unlock and start the car “in a few seconds”. The device seems to work by “mirroring” the short-range frequency of a specific remote control key: tricking the car into thinking that the device is the key itself. Marcus Hutchins (Marcus Hutchins) is a bit like a poacher in the cybercrime industry turning into a game manager. In the video below, he explains what the thief’s device is doing. Spoiler: This is very cunning.
@malwaretech Reply to @ancspace They usually use amplification + relay attacks to expand the scope of the key instead of cloning the key #hacking #tech #security
The perpetrators Dylan Armer, Christopher Bowes and Thomas Poulson were arrested after stealing a Mitsubishi Outlander from the driveway on July 20 this year. CCTV footage of theft (Can be viewed on the BBC website) Shows the thieves performing their dark magic on the car: the police arrested them shortly after.
If you want to know “Why the Game Boy?” The answer may just be that it is an obscure and easily recognizable old technology: you don’t think twice about this kind of thing, see someone fooling around, or think it is particularly noteworthy. The device was found in a secret compartment of the car after the thief was arrested. Potential criminal planners also helped to record the traces they left on the car. The police said these records showed: “This gadget allows them to get into the vehicle quickly and easily, with ridicule comments.”
Almer was sentenced to 30 months in prison by the court. Bowes and Poulson were each sentenced to 22 months in prison with two years of probation.