As multinational auto industries use modern tech-security features to prevent vehicle theft incidents, thieves are devising smart technologies to overcome security features.
Punjab Police recently arrested a gang of digitally equipped car thieves who were taking expensive key-less cars only to sell them at scrap prices in markets in KPK.
The gang was led by Afnan Khan (26), a BSc (Hons) student from a KP university. He is in the custody of the Anti-Vehicle Lifting Squad (AVLS), Lahore, who tracked him down and arrested him in Nawab Town last Tuesday after two-week efforts following the theft of many keyless luxury cars in the city.
‘The automotive key programming tool helps to steal a car within 10 minutes,” he said. First, jammers are used to deactivate the mobile phone network, the tracker and the entire built-in security system of the car. “Once the car is unlocked, I use the programming kit’s scanner to connect the new key with the car system,” Afnan said.
The use of intelligent technology to cheat the tech-security has raised eyebrows of the law enforcement agencies.
