Mystery Gadget Used to Break Into Cars, Steal Laptops
Laptop owners may need to start worrying about leaving a laptop in a vehicle.
According to Malaysia’s New Straits Times, thieves have been using some type of mysterious gadget to break into cars and steal laptops. In the district of Petaling Jaya, over 255 laptops have been stolen from parked cars so far this year. And police say the majority of these laptops were hidden from sight at the time.
The police haven’t been able to find any of the supposed “mystery devices” yet, and are advising people to carry laptops with them rather than leave them in their cars.
Speculation is that the thieves’ gadget may be using WiFi and/or Bluetooth to detect the presence of the laptops in the vehicles.
Sounds like a case for CSI, doesn’t it?
Laptop owners may need to start worrying about leaving a laptop in a vehicle.
According to Malaysia’s New Straits Times, thieves have been using some type of mysterious gadget to break into cars and steal laptops. In the district of Petaling Jaya, over 255 laptops have been stolen from parked cars so far this year. And police say the majority of these laptops were hidden from sight at the time.
The police haven’t been able to find any of the supposed “mystery devices” yet, and are advising people to carry laptops with them rather than leave them in their cars.
Speculation is that the thieves’ gadget may be using WiFi and/or Bluetooth to detect the presence of the laptops in the vehicles.
Sounds like a case for CSI, doesn’t it?