Disgruntled Ex-Employee Remotely Disables 100 Cars

hansamurai writes "Over one hundred cars equipped with a Webtech Plus blackbox were remotely disabled when a former employee of dealership Texas Auto Center got hold of his employer's database of users. Webtech Plus is repossession software that allows the dealership to disable a car's ignition or trigger the horn to honk when a payment is due. Owners had to remove the battery to stop the incessant honking. After the dealership began fielding an unusually high number of calls from upset car owners, they changed the passwords to the Webtech Plus software and then traced the IP address used to access the client to its former employee."

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Re:I don't understand

[AK Marc]

Here, they stay away from that. You get a $500 Dodge Neon for $5000 on "rent to own" so that if you stop paying rent, they send in the police, rather than having to repo a car that you own but they have a lien on. The interest isn't bad, but the cars are at least 2x the regular dealer price, often more.