Theft By CAN Bus Injection

My left tail light was busted out the other night. I originally thought; random vandalism. Now I am beginning to wonder if it was a failed theft attempt …

https://arstechnica.com/information...iously-unknown-keyless-can-injection-attacks/

https://youtu.be/bP7kNy5KBnA

 

Unlikely, they would have studied the system prior to a theft attempt and they'd rip off the cover to the BSM or simply go underneath.

I don't think the BSM canbus is the right "layer" for the starting system anyway. There's 4 different Bus layers, the BSM is only the safety sense items.

These guys are really clever. We have a smart engineer that does this stuff legally for us and it's amazing what they can do.

 

A hidden kill switch and a steering wheel club is probably your best deterrent. Most thieves might just move on to something easier unless they have the means to tow it.
I had an 88 x cab V6 that thieves tried to steal twice. No alarm except for the kill switch. They never got the truck, I had to replace an ignition lock twice but they never got it.