In the code of the Volkswagen faker software – Les Echos

The video we had somewhat escaped mea culpa, but it is first hand for automotive experts. In late December, Berlin hosted every year as the Chaos Computer Club, one of the major events of European hackers. This year, two of them decided to look into the way the Volkswagen faker software functioned in detail

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A board computer bought on the Internet

to achieve Daniel Lange – the former head of software at Audi for fourteen – and his sidekick, computer security consultant Felix Domke, bought on the Internet board computer (Electronic Control Unit), which they connected to a car hit by the “VWGate” Sharan 2 liters of Felix Domke.

The result, in short: as expected, when the car detects how emissions testing work (bonnet open, motionless car …), it turns into “clean mode”, pushing its 100% anti-NOX equipment. The rest of the time the car engine is “cold motor” mode (20% of the time) or “Alternative” with the disabled SCR (80% of the time). Clearly, the default setting. To enter the details, you have to watch the video of the presentation (with rigging to the 50th minute), plus slides.