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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon jaredthecoder

Please help reverse effects of canbus car hack

Open ghost opened this issue 2 years ago • 4 comments

Hi,

Hopefully you can help.

Some help is much needed and appreciated. I'm a 45 year old disabled man that lives in Faringdon, Oxfordshire. The disabilities are severe sensory PTSD, agoraphobia and psychogenic hyperventilation.

Since earlier this year the motability Golf has been hacked by people with anti-disability vendettas. They've accessed the canbus remotely so the suspension wallows, shudders and porpoises over undulations. Extensive research was conducted and I'm desperate for the hacking to stop. It's ruining what little quality of life there is.

Can Savvy seems to be able to access various canbus to alter settings? Please can you advise how it can be used to reverse the affects to the suspension? They've also altered another canbus so there's excessive noise and vibration through pedals and steering. Dealer resets haven't worked. All help is much appreciated. It would be much appreciated if we could arrange a video call so I can be shown how to address the issues.

Many thanks in advance,

Josh Ross

ghost avatar Sep 14 '23 14:09 ghost

Do you mean that some hakcers remotedly access your cars' canbus?

4B5F5F4B avatar Sep 15 '23 03:09 4B5F5F4B

Yes, that's what's happened - please read above. Would you or anyone else be able to help? Research suggests that cansavvy and other similar programmes can alter car behaviours like ride/handling through canbus adjustments. I don't know how to use the programmes so some guidance is very much appreciated. An ob2 port was ordered from Amazon (variety as suggested by user jgamblin - carhackingtool). Beyond that I don't know how to interact with and adjust settings with various canbus.

Thanks,

Josh

jsr1978 avatar Sep 15 '23 10:09 jsr1978

Hello Josh,

As far as I know, it's almost impossible to send CAN bus message remotely. Hackers can only send can bus to your cars ecu locally, unless they have hacked your IVI remotely. Would you mind give me more information about your car? What model and brand is your car?

4B5F5F4B avatar Sep 15 '23 12:09 4B5F5F4B

Hi @jsr1978, I'm in the US, and here we'd report that to law enforcement/FBI, so I'd encourage you to do the same. And then from there, maybe contact the manufacturers? Without knowing more specifics, it's hard to help.

Per @4B5F5F4B's comment, specific information about the car (year, model, etc.) could help us see if there's any research out there on that version.

jaredthecoder avatar Jan 31 '24 04:01 jaredthecoder