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Wilbur
No-one's "dismissing" the issue. And you do the community a service by raising it here.
I'm perfectly aware that after the report was released there's thousands of pages on the topic, most dated 11th or 12th August, with not a lot since then. And most of those pages report the research, rather than actual examples out in the real world. I appreciate something has happened to you.
I don't know about VW recalls. I do know my neighbour's Golf shares a lot of the same stuff as my car, and I know that Skoda have not issued a recall for mine.
I posted the link above for balance. You cite the BBC. It's worth bearing in mind that this is research work and even the BBC quote "You'd need some academic-level knowledge of cryptography to be able to do this" and "there are at least ten more, very widespread hacking schemes affecting various other car brands" and that "starting the car's engine with this attack was not possible".
As I said facetiously at the start, the best security my car has is the badge.
I'm not concerned. You clearly are, and have done a service by highlighting it.
The best course of action remains:
1. Leave nothing of value in the car, and certainly not in view.
2. Choose a parking spot with care.
3. Check the car has actually locked before walking away.
4. Have your keys re-done, whatever that is, if that's feasible.
5. Monitor VW's recall page.
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Mike
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