Last week someone opened my doors on my G35 and stole a few items from the inside. I thought I left the doors open. I installed security cameras yesterday and shortly after midnight someone broke in into my 2012 G37xS. (what luck, right after I installed the cameras)..

Both times he somehow managed to open the doors with some kind of a device. (not exactly sure what yet)....

I will post youtube video a little later...

 

I'm sorry to hear that it such a bummer low life thieves that go after someone's property, they probably used that new device that can supposedly open anyone's door electronically. How horrible and I always think it's okay since The infinities have the keyless but I guess not. Hope they get caught

 

I know that there is an ability to open the windows by forcing the lock. You can bypass this by disconnecting the lead from the lock that allows this to happen. Other than that, I'm not sure that they are any more susceptible to brute force than most other cars.

 

Some kid rolls up on a bike. He pulls the door handle and the door opens. . no idea how he does it.. My next door neighbors cars got hit last week so did a guy across the street from me.

 

Has to be something that mimics the rf key or something like that in order for that to happen.

 

I saw an article on that kind of device once. Basically its a receiver that intercepts and matches the frequency of your FOB when you press it to lock/unlock your car. so who ever it was probably around when you either locked or unlocked the car with your FOB matched it and then used it to trick the car into thinking it was the FOB

 

Yeah. They would use that to get the unique code for your car. Then they could attach their own code behind that to brute force the unlock. Depending on the rolling code, it could take quite a while. But he would just have to be out of side, but in wireless range until he got it to unlock. Then just walk up and open the door.

 

sorry to hear this. very frustrating. let's see the video when it's available. at least the window and door lock stays intact with what the thief did, to take a positive from a negative...

i've heard similar news stories for these de-scrambler fobs that will mimic the rf signals. while keys seem old school, they do prevent "hacking" at least.

not sure what was inside the car to attract the thief, but this is why it is important to leave nothing in the car or visible to wandering eyes. and leave the console sliding door open so they can see no change in there. i even use a club on my car as extra passive deterrent. anything to give me an edge to tell the guy to move on to the next car. i'm always amazed how much stuff a lot of people leave in their cars. not saying this is the case with the OP, just a general observation.

 

That's scary... Someone camping your key code next thing you know they might camp for your garage gate code. Hope they catch this kid...

 

The mysterious electronic device thieves are using to unlock car doors | fox13now.com

 

Nobody is camping for codes, at least not in the cases where they just open the doors and steal the stuff inside but otherwise leave the car alone.

This article explains what is actually going on:
Thieves using a $17 device to break into cars with keyless systems

And these are some of the stuff you can use to prevent this from happening(quick searched faraday box):https://www.google.com/search?q=fara...y+box&tbm=shop

Basically, if you kept any silver bags that most hard drives come in, those will do nicely.

 

Hmm...interesting article. It would be easy enough to make a key caddy lined with antistatic bags. A plus being in IT. There are always tons around. Time to take a few home.

 

This is why we cant have nice things. I dont leave anything of value in my car, the worst they could do is steal my wheels, which still sucks.

 

In my line of work I take these....reports... quite often. Most times it's a crime of opportunity... just pulling on door handles to find what cars are unlocked. You wouldn't believe me if I told you all the items that people keep in their unlocked cars... everything from electronics, money, financials, ID's, house keys (while the unlocked car is parked in their driveway overnight) keys to the car and the other cars parked in the driveway. It's incredible.

This, however, is going to be a game changer if it continues to pick up. Thanks for the info. OP, good luck with figuring out a way to stop this in your neighborhood.

 

There was something on this a few years ago on here where they were actually programming keys to the car and take stealing the ca( New BMWs). I'm mean it takes what 15 mins to program a key. The Fox news looked like the guy had some type of magnet or something that would pull the door lock rod inside the door? IDK