{
  "id": 168449,
  "title": "Vulnerabilities in Car Anti-Theft Device",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/vulnerabilities-in-car-anti-theft-device",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-05T09:42:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Schneier on Security",
    "slug": "schneier-on-security",
    "url": "https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/08/vulnerabilities-in-car-anti-theft-device.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "This is disturbing: …a team of security researchers at UC San Diego, who found that a model of aftermarket car alarm known as the KARR Security System, installed in more than 2 million vehicles across the US by their estimate, can let any hacker within Bluetooth range send radio commands to silently unlock the car at will, turn off its alarm, honk the car’s horn or flash its lights, or even…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}