Insurers and police across the country are raising awareness of a new trend in car theft, as thieves have been using laptop computers or other devices to hack a car’s electronics.
For the Houston Police Department, the discovery came after watching surveillance camera footage in which a pair of thieves used a laptop computer to start a 2010 Jeep Wrangler before stealing it from the owner’s driveway. Police said the same method was used in four other thefts of late-model Wranglers and Cherokees. Continue reading “Car hacking: Insurers say car thieves may use laptops in crimes”


