How I hacked Learning Codes of the key job of a car assembled in my country
D. Erazo
DEF CON 32 Creator Stage · Day 1 · Creator Stage
This article delves into D. Erazo's compelling research presented at DEF CON 32, where he exposed critical vulnerabilities in the keyless entry systems of thousands of cars assembled in his home country, Ecuador. The talk, titled "How I hacked Learning Codes of the key job of a car assembled in my country," details his journey from discovering a suspicious CAN bus ID to successfully exploiting the underlying **learning code** radio frequency (RF) system. Erazo, a penetration tester by profession, undertook this research independently due to the nascent state of automotive cybersecurity in South America, highlighting a significant security gap in regional vehicle markets.