Stealing a modern car takes just 18 seconds!

Today, everything is digitised, and yes, everything can be hacked. This problem affects cars, which, unfortunately, are laughably vulnerable: in just 18 seconds a 100k car can be stolen…

If you ask a car-theft security expert, whether you’re protecting your car or your home, they will tell you that the best investment lies in physical security, that is, in traditional measures, in elements that require no software or electronic systems to work. And the truth is that makes sense, especially when we realise that we live in a world controlled by software, where digitalisation has become an inseparable sibling.

A large part of the blame for this problem lies with the vehicle manufacturers themselves, who have prioritised convenience over security. So much so that thieves have it so easy that they only need to clone the signal produced by the keys, transfer it to another key or an empty container, as if it were a spare one.

According to British security sources, stealing a modern car whether it is worth 10,000 euros or 100,000 is so simple that anyone can do it by buying common, cheap components online, and worst of all, completely legally.

Going even further, the ADAC (the German General Automobile Club) has discovered in a study that of 237 keys analysed, 230 turned out to be vulnerable to theft. This means that more than 90% of the total were not secure…

Among the most vulnerable cars in England’s best-selling range, models such as the Ford Fiesta, the Volkswagen Golf, the Nissan Qashqai or even the Ford Focus have been put to the test to determine their security through tests carried out by the ADAC.

The results are curious, as all the models mentioned above failed to pass those tests, all except the Ford Focus, which seems to have improved in this respect with its new generation of vehicles.

Other interesting data reveal that a car is stolen in England every 7 minutes, and worst of all, that on average this criminal act takes the perpetrator just 18 seconds to carry out. And with impressive discretion…

Models such as the Jaguar Land Rover, Range Rover, or the I-PACE have passed the security tests, and it seems that Mercedes is also going to take measures with its new generations of vehicles. However, no matter what measures they take, as long as they are electronic, they can be hacked subtly and remotely.

From here, the best advice we can give you is to invest in physical, classic security, which is the most effective.

Bear in mind that today’s thieves have adapted to new technologies. This means they are not used to dealing with steel and iron; they are used to software.

A simple, solid steering wheel or gearbox lock can prevent your vehicle from being taken. But if you want to be even safer, the best thing is to buy a Faraday box to keep your electronic devices in. This way no signal can be stolen while you sleep, since your keys will be inside it.