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by jaclaz 3041 days ago
Just in case, the previous mechanism wasn't that much safe:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/jul/26/scientist...

The paper has been published only in 2016, with a few amendments to "hide" (maybe) the parts that could have led to replication by thiefs:

https://www.computerworld.com/article/2971826/cybercrime-hac...

https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity15/technical...

Please note how the Authors only tested a few VW models, but Porsche and a number of other luxury car manufacturers used the same chip/mechanism so that itis very likely to be hackable in a similar way.