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Car Thieves Become Technological | Israel today

2021-01-12T14:10:41.326Z


Beyond the ability to connect to car computers has increased the use of cellular jammers vehicle


Beyond the ability to connect to car computers have increased the use of cellular jammers

Data on car theft in Israel 2020 (published by Pointer) show that there was an increase in the use of a cellular jammer at the time the theft was committed.

The above technique was used in about 70% of thefts with an increase of about 250% compared to 2019.


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A cellular jammer is a small device (illegal in the country) that creates a mask on the cellular reception and the GPS transmissions in the radius around it.

Pointer points out that their communication network knows how to produce an alternative frequency in the event of using a jammer and allow the vehicle to be located.

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The data also show that the Corona virus and its effects presented the car thieves with new and challenging situations such as closure, dilution of traffic on the roads and a high police presence.

It seems that car thieves have learned to adapt to the situation: depending on the level of tightening of the closure, they reduce activity, focusing mainly on closed parking lots and more during the day.

Upon returning to routine, they too return to normal operating hours and familiar habits until the next closure and back for goodness sake.



Theft from an underground car park

In the third quarter, it seems that more and more car owners are turning to cooperation with car thieves and staging their car theft.

In doing so, they hoped to defraud the insurance company by activating the policy on the one hand, and at the same time tried to enjoy the consideration for the car they received from the thief.


Thus, in the third quarter of 2020 one-fifth (19%) of the thefts were by the method of involvement of a licensed user, an increase of 46% compared to the previous quarter (13%).


The leading theft method is still duplicating a "golem" key in the theft process, while connecting to an OBD socket through which you connect to the vehicle's computer.

The thieves encode a new key and delete the existing keys.

The second method of violent assault of the vehicle by replacing the vehicle computer constituted 28% of the total thefts relative to 24% in the previous year.

A disturbing feature that has been observed during the year is the increasing use of cellular jammers.

(14% increase).


Third in the registration of theft methods occurs when there is a direct connection between burglary at the customer's home and the vehicle in the adjacent parking lot.

These accounted for 7% of the total thefts recorded this year, compared to 10% in 2019. Explained by the fact that customers are at home for longer and the move to work from home because of the corona.



Privacy is still a major target for car thieves in Israel

Another popular option is usually done by duplicating a key by an authorized user who has received keys and a valid vehicle code.

This theft method accounted for 18% of the total thefts committed this year.

Compared to 16% in 2019.


The last on this unpleasant list talks about robbery and theft of a motor vehicle.

Such cases accounted for 2% of the total thefts this year.

Unchanged from the same period last year.



Source: israelhayom

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