A Dutch first: Ingenious BMW theft attempt
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A Dutch first: Ingenious BMW theft attempt
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#2Immediately, I'd be wondering what very powerful spy agency or organisation felt the need to break into my car, and why.
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#3Immediately, I'd be wondering what very powerful spy agency or organisation felt the need to break into my car, and why.
They were in posession of a 0-day for this car
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#4I was sure he would wake up next morning and find the car missing. I think he was really lucky that this wasn’t the case and the thieves waited(?) for the next night.
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#5Immediately, I'd be wondering what very powerful spy agency or organisation felt the need to break into my car, and why.
That agency would have jammed communications in the area so no alarm would have been raised, unless raising an alarm was their actual purpose.
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#6The thieves would have been wiser to take something, anything to make the narrative of the original break in more believable. They didn't sell the narrative well enough, which left people curious.
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#7Immediately, I'd be wondering what very powerful spy agency or organisation felt the need to break into my car, and why.
I'm not sure I'd be so paranoid. We've read of people managing to hack the key openers, etc. They're an attractive target.
I mean, if you were going to leave a box containing $30,000 on your doorstep. A box not only containing 30k, but a box that was labelled that it contained 30k. How would you protect it? Put a serial number on it so you can prove it's yours? A bike lock? A motion sensor? Cement it into the ground?
What lengths would you expect someone to go to, to try to walk away with this box? Just give it a little kick to see if it moves? A screwdriver or a pry bar? Angle grinder?
Once you divorce yourself from the commonality of a car, it's quite bizarre to think that not only do most people leave their second most valuable possession (or most valuable, if you rent your home) on their doorstep .. but that they just assume it won't happen to them. It doesn't take a targeted attack for someone to realise that that exposed, valuable, mobile asset is .. well, exposed, valuable and mobile.
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#8Immediately, I'd be wondering what very powerful spy agency or organisation felt the need to break into my car, and why.
That agency would have jammed communications in the area so no alarm would have been raised, unless raising an alarm was their actual purpose.
That would make me crazy. Before an important meeting that would seriously throw me off. It's a good play
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#9Immediately, I'd be wondering what very powerful spy agency or organisation felt the need to break into my car, and why.
Nah, BMW-thieves are incredibly resourceful. They managed to steal parts of the dashboard and airbag from my neighbours car, without further damage, while in the driveway with the alarms not triggered on a modern 3-series. All the neighbour noticed was the dog barking a few times at night. We all sleep within 30 ft of that car. Practice makes perfect. Those parts are sourced to eastern Europe and are stolen on demand.
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#10This definitely isn't the first time this technique has been used. I'm sure I've heard many similar stories before and the internet backs me up.
https://www.askaboutmoney.com/threads/attempted-car-theft-wi...
https://rutlandnhw.org.uk/crime-update/rutland-south-crime-r...