http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/ Engadget Comments for Disgruntled auto salesman bricks cars with remote kill-switch http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/Mar 18th 2010 6:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/Mar 18th 2010 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/
Ramos-Lopez!!!!!!!!!!!!!]]>Mar 18th 2010 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/Mar 18th 2010 6:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/
I'm not quite up there with hilarious but I reckon it's pretty funny so I'm going to hang with you in case they come after us with clubs we'll have a crew]]>Mar 18th 2010 8:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/Mar 18th 2010 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/Mar 18th 2010 6:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/Mar 18th 2010 7:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/Mar 18th 2010 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/kill cars? There's and app for that hahaha]]>Mar 18th 2010 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/Mar 18th 2010 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/Mar 18th 2010 6:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/You people are quick
(yaaay first post of a long time reader)]]>Mar 18th 2010 6:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/And out of all Engadget's stories where you were a silent reader, you chose this one for your first comment?]]>Mar 18th 2010 6:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/
... nope!]]>Mar 18th 2010 6:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/Welll i really didnt want to comment on anything containing
MS Fanboys, apple fanboys or Google fanboys to be honest
I dislike them all ^^ fanboys that is, i have no preference over what i use :3]]>Mar 18th 2010 6:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/Mar 18th 2010 7:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/You just turned the comment section into one lol. How dare you call us *beep* *beep* freakin' *beep*

Anyway, welcome :D]]>Mar 18th 2010 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/
In other words -

He wouldn't have been caught if he actually knew how to crack a system..]]>Mar 18th 2010 6:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/
Hell, he could have just gone to his local burger king and hacked from there.]]>Mar 18th 2010 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/
Or he could've just used some other public wifi.

Seriously, he didn't delete the logs of him accessing it so they had his IP, they found which ISP the IP address belonged to, and asked them for the address information so they could arrest him.

McDonalds/Starbucks/Burger King free wifi could've saved him from jail.]]>Mar 18th 2010 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/
yeah i wouldnt call it hacking, he used his co-workers password. thats about it.]]>Mar 18th 2010 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/For the most part, tech-savvy people (and I would assume you are one as you frequent this site) know that hacking usually takes a lot of work and know-how. But at it's base, hacking is simply unauthorized access. It's like going into an unlocked door will make you a burglar/trespasser, even though you didn't whip out your trusty lock picks.]]>Mar 18th 2010 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/Mar 18th 2010 6:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/.. wait what?]]>Mar 18th 2010 6:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/Mar 18th 2010 7:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/Mar 18th 2010 10:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/Mar 18th 2010 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/
It's being tried out in a couple of markets. Miss your car payment and they shut you off until you pay up. It's created a lot of angry people so far and a few have taken it to court. The judge told them to pay their bills and dismissed the cases.]]>Mar 21st 2010 5:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/
http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/crime/hacker-shut-down-100-cars-remotely

Once a thief, always a thief, eh, Kevin?]]>Mar 18th 2010 6:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/This is how all news is.]]>Mar 18th 2010 7:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/Mar 18th 2010 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/
When I bought my truck several years ago I refused to pay for the switch, then had it removed by my local garage. Frak those shady bastards.]]>Mar 18th 2010 7:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/Mar 18th 2010 7:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/Mar 18th 2010 7:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/Mar 18th 2010 8:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/Mar 18th 2010 8:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/Mar 18th 2010 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/Mar 18th 2010 9:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/Mar 18th 2010 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/
i miss the good old days when stuff you bought became fully yours.]]>Mar 18th 2010 10:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/
A computer virus pretty much accomplishes the same thing with your PC and/or Network.. that doesn't make it any less yours. It just makes you the victim of a crime.]]>Mar 18th 2010 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/
No to what you said. Wiggy, you don't own something until it is completely paid for. At a "tote the note" place the car lot finances the note, so they own the car until you make your last payment. If you miss a payment, they throw the kill switch on THEIR car, not yours.

Unverified they install the kill switch only for missed payments, not for theft recovery. Although you can definitely use it for that.]]>Mar 18th 2010 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/
But took it out on customers. I say Douche. Dumb Douche too it seems. cause he's got illegal entry into the computer system (which at it's core is hacking regardless of the entry method) and some kind of mischief charge but also a ton of civil suits waiting to happen over lost wages. and who knows, someone might be able to make some kind of terrorist act charge stick.

If he wanted to stick it to the ex bosses perhaps the better method would have been to kill switch the unsold cars, which likely had the switch in effect as a theft stop. then no one could sell any cars and would lose sales etc.

and yeah, with Mickey Ds and Starbucks etc having free wifi, dumb move to stay at home. heck a laptop and a car in the BK parking lot probably would have worked with no one to ID him. and no security cams to get a photo]]>Mar 18th 2010 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/Mar 18th 2010 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/
The guy definitely shouldn't have done it and should be penalized, but to call it a 'hacking' is a stretch. And to think he's facing a felony charge over it is amazing. Hopefully the don't parole any child molesters or rapists to make room in jail for this guy.]]>Mar 18th 2010 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/
This little scumbag should still go to jail for a long time!]]>Mar 21st 2010 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/Mar 18th 2010 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/disgruntled-auto-salesman-bricks-cars-with-remote-kill-switch/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTzfXYF6BPg

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