Researchers from Rutgers University and University of South Carolina have found that wireless communications between new cars and their tires can be intercepted or even forged...
The tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) consist of battery-powered radio frequency identification (RFID) tags on each tire, which can respond with the air pressure readings of the tire when wirelessly queried by an electronic control unit (ECU).
The researchers had found that each sensor has a unique 32-bit ID and that communication between the tag and the control unit was unencrypted, meaning it could be intercepted by third parties from as far away as forty meters. (more)
Readers of Kevin's Security Scrapbook were advised of this back in 2008. See Track My Treads - TPMS Privacy Blowout.
Readers of Kevin's Security Scrapbook were advised of this back in 2008. See Track My Treads - TPMS Privacy Blowout.
