Scientist Who Cracked Codes to Start VW Group's Luxury Cars, Banned from Revealing Them

A UK judge has banned a British computer scientist from publishing an academic paper revealing secret codes used to start a number of luxury cars from the VW Group on the grounds that it could lead to the theft of millions of vehicles, The Guardian reported.

University of Birmingham’s Flavio Garcia, a lecturer in computer science, cracked the security system by discovering the unique algorithm called Megamos Crypto, which allows the car to verify the identity of the ignition key.

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