Unleashing the Power of My 20+ Years Old Car

Presented at Black Hat Europe 2019, Dec. 5, 2019, 10 a.m. (25 minutes)

<p class="p1"><span class="s1" style="font-size: 10pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt;">When I came to Japan about a year and half ago, the first thing I did was buy a car. Coming from a ~70hp family car, I chose to go for something more powerful and bought a 90's sports car. I've been dailying it and tracking it since then (> 50 000km so far) and it has been a great car. However, regulations in Japan require manufacturers to add a speed limiter to their cars, preventing you from going over 180km/h (approximatively). In this talk, I will give a brief introduction on how I managed to bypass that limiter, how I could have done it, how I ended up doing it, and what I discovered along the way.</span></p><p class="p2"><span style="background-color: initial; font-size: 10pt;" data-mce-style="background-color: initial; font-size: 10pt;">Automotive engine computer management will be introduced, as well as a bit of hardware, software reverse engineering, and video demonstrations.</span><br></p><p class="p1"><span class="s1" style="font-size: 10pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt;">This work was done for educational purposes. Testing has been done legally on racetracks and closed roads only.</span></p>

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  • Stanislas Lejay - Vulnerability Researcher, WhiteMotion
    <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;" data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt;">Stanislas Lejay (P1kachu) studied computer engineering for five years and specialized in computer security pretty early. He got out of school in 2018 and is now working in Japan on automotive computer security, at WhiteMotion. His passion for cars got him to work and fiddle with a lot of car/computer related topics, to enhance his own driving experience. He like challenges, though he prefers stupid and entertaining projects over technically challenging but boring to talk about ones.</span></p>

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