{"id":696381,"date":"2010-03-19T18:31:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-19T22:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/03\/19\/report-disgruntled-hacker-disables-100-cars-in-texas-remotely\/"},"modified":"2010-03-19T18:31:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-19T22:31:00","slug":"report-disgruntled-hacker-disables-100-cars-in-texas-remotely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/696381","title":{"rendered":"Report: Disgruntled hacker disables 100 cars in Texas remotely"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filed under: Etc.<\/a>, Government\/Legal<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Omar Ramos-Lopez’ retaliation on his former employers’ customers might be something we conjure up while lying sleepless in bed, but we’ve got the power of self-restraint. Omar? Not so much. Ignoring his locus of control, Ramos-Lopez retaliated against Texas Auto Center after he was fired from by activating the GPS-enabled immobilizer systems the dealer fits to some of its cars. Some customers missed work, others had horns that kept honking and many had to pay for towing and repair. <\/p>\n

In all, more than 100 people were impacted by the actions of Ramos-Lopez, a 20-year-old now facing charges for breach of computer security. Austin police say Ramos-Lopez accessed the computer system in an attempt to block the dealership’s access to its own Pay Technologies account. Customer names were changed to things like “Tupac,” and it took a couple days to figure out who the culprit was. Ramos-Lopez had been fired a month before the incident, and he’s now facing between four months and two years in state prison if convicted. <\/p>\n

[Source: wishtv.com<\/a> | Image: Travis County Jail\/AP]<\/p>\n

Report: Disgruntled hacker disables 100 cars in Texas remotely<\/a> originally appeared on Autoblog<\/a> on Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Filed under: Etc., Government\/Legal Omar Ramos-Lopez’ retaliation on his former employers’ customers might be something we conjure up while lying sleepless in bed, but we’ve got the power of self-restraint. Omar? Not so much. Ignoring his locus of control, Ramos-Lopez retaliated against Texas Auto Center after he was fired from by activating the GPS-enabled immobilizer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-696381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2V9X","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}