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Page 8A BUSINESS & TECH East Oregonian Saturday, August 13, 2016 HERMISTON Security experts: Steakhouse changes names to 5HPRWHVKDFNDEOH RQPDQ\YHKLFOHV avoiG conÀict Zith hat company By DAVID MCHUGH Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany — A group of computer security experts say they ¿JXUHG RXW KRZ WR KDFN WKH NH\OHVV HQWU\ V\VWHPV XVHG RQPLOOLRQVRIFDUVPHDQLQJ WKDW WKLHYHV FRXOG LQ WKHRU\ EUHDNDQGVWHDOLWHPVZLWKRXW OHDYLQJDEURNHQZLQGRZ The experts say that remote entry systems on PLOOLRQV RI FDUV PDGH E\ 9RONVZDJHQ VLQFH FDQ EH FORQHG WR SHUPLW XQDX- thorized access to the car’s LQWHULRU The same experts say another system used by RWKHUEUDQGVLQFOXGLQJ)RUG *HQHUDO 0RWRU¶V 2SHO DQG &KHYUROHW DQG 5HQDXOW FDQ DOVREHGHIHDWHG ,QDSDSHUWREHGHOLYHUHG Friday at the Usenix security conference in Austin, Texas, WKHDXWKRUVVD\DWKLHIFRXOG XVH FRPPRQO\ DYDLODEOH equipment to intercept entry codes as they are transmitted by radio frequency, and then XVHWKDWLQIRUPDWLRQWRFORQH another remote so the car FRXOGEHRSHQHG 9RONVZDJHQVDLGLWVODWHVW PRGHOV VXFK DV WKH *ROI Tiguan, Touran and Passat ZHUH QRW DIIHFWHG ,W VDLG LW ZDV KDYLQJ D ³FRQVWUXFWLYH H[FKDQJH´ ZLWK WKH H[SHUWV aimed at improving security WHFKQRORJ\ ³7KHEDUIRUWKHIWSUHYHQ- WLRQ LV FRQVWDQWO\ EHLQJ UDLVHGEXWXOWLPDWHO\WKHUHLV no comprehensive guarantee for security,” the company VDLGLQDVWDWHPHQW 7KH SDSHU OHDYHV RXW NH\ GHWDLOVRQKRZWRSHUIRUPWKH KDFN EXW VD\V WKH FRGHV FDQ EHLQWHUFHSWHGZLWKFRPPHU- FLDOO\DYDLODEOHHTXLSPHQW ³,WLVXQFOHDUZKHWKHUVXFK DWWDFNVDUHFXUUHQWO\FDUULHG RXWLQWKHZLOGE\FULPLQDOV´ WKH UHSRUW VD\V ³+RZHYHU there have been various media reports about unex- SODLQHG WKHIW IURP ORFNHG YHKLFOHVLQWKHODVW\HDUV´ The report did not estab- OLVK WKH H[DFW QXPEHU RI FDUV WKDW XVH WKH YXOQHUDEOH V\VWHPV *HQHUDO 0RWRUV VDLG WKDW LW ³GRHV QRW FRQVLGHU WKLV LWHP WR EH D VLJQL¿FDQW ULVN to customers due to the tech- QLFDO VRSKLVWLFDWLRQ RI WKH demonstration and the very OLPLWHG FLUFXPVWDQFHV XQGHU ZKLFKWKHGHPRQVWUDWLRQFDQ EHFDUULHGRXW´ The company added that ³WKH LVVXH LQ TXHVWLRQ GRHV not impact the operation of WKHYHKLFOHRUWKHVDIHW\RILWV RFFXSDQWV´ The report authors said that insurance companies might have to accept that car WKHIW VFHQDULRV WKDW ZRXOG RWKHUZLVH EH FRQVLGHUHG insurance fraud have a higher SUREDELOLW\RIEHLQJJHQXLQH 7KH RQO\ VXUH¿UH FRXQWHU- PHDVXUHWKH\VDLGZRXOGEH to stop using the remote and IDOO EDFN RQ WKH PHFKDQLFDO ORFN XVLQJ WKH FRQYHQWLRQDO PHWDONH\ 7KH DXWKRUV DUH )ODYLR *DUFLD 'DYLG 2VZDOG DQG 3LHUUH 3DYOLGHV IURP WKH University of Birmingham 6FKRRORI&RPSXWHU6FLHQFH and Timo Kasper from *HUPDQVHFXULW\¿UP.DVSHU 2VZDOG*PE+ J.C. 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WEST East Oregonian )UDQN 3HUNLQV RZQHU RI WKH VWHDNKRXVH IRUPHUO\ NQRZQ DV 6WHWVRQ¶V KDV HQGXUHG VRPH VLJQL¿FDQW FKDQJHV ZLWK KLV UHVWDXUDQW LQFOXGLQJ D PRYH IURP RQH FLW\ WR DQRWKHU $QG QRZ FRPHVDQDPHFKDQJH ³6WHWVRQ¶V KDW FRPSDQ\ has decided they have an LVVXH ZLWK RXU QDPH DIWHU \HDUV´ 3HUNLQV VDLG 6R 3HUNLQV KLV VWDII DQG ORFDO VLJQ FRPSDQ\ 6LJQ 0HQ ZHUH EXV\ SXWWLQJ WKH ¿QLVKLQJ WRXFKHV RQ WKH QDPH FKDQJH LQFOXGLQJ VLJQDJH IRU WKH +HUPLVWRQ UHVWDXUDQW IRUPHUO\ NQRZQ DV6WHWVRQ¶V6WHDN+RXVHLQ +HUPLVWRQWKLVZHHN 7KH UHVWDXUDQW LV QRZ NQRZQ DV 6WHW¶V 6WHDN +RXVH 3HUNLQV RSHQHG 6WHWVRQ¶V 6WHDN+RXVHLQ3HQGOHWRQLQ $SULO+HUHORFDWHGWKH EXVLQHVVWR1)LUVW6W LQ +HUPLVWRQ LQ 2FWREHU RI 3HUNLQV VDLG WKH ELJJHVW SUREOHP ZLWK FKDQJLQJ WKH QDPHLVDOOWKHWLPHLWWDNHV WR JHW WKLQJV OLNH PHQXV )DFHERRNDQGZHEVLWHSDJHV updated and notifying other Staff photo by Gary L. West Ed Miltenberger, owner of Sign Men, takes the face off a sign at a Hermiston restaurant while sign technician Dave Schmidtgall assists. 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