Sad update on what to expect in Aus in 2027<\/a><\/p>\nA Victoria Police spokesperson told news.com.au they are investigating after the break-in at Mittagong Court.<\/p>\n
\u201cPolice are making enquiries to determine whether CCTV cameras in the neighbourhood were disabled at the time of the aggravated burglary,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
A neighbour\u2019s camera, which was not linked to WiFi, captured the thieves as they entered and exited the driveway. But police have no new leads on the pair\u2019s whereabouts.<\/p>\n
Dr David Tuffley, a senior lecturer in cyber technology at Griffith University, said the technology is illegal to use in Australia but \u201ceasier to get than most people might expect\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can buy them from overseas websites and have them shipped here, though Australian Border Force does intercept some,\u201d he told news.com.au.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can also build one from cheap electronics \u2014 under $50 in parts \u2014 using tutorials freely available online.<\/p>\n
\u201cOwning or using a jammer in Australia is illegal under the Radiocommunications Act 1992, with penalties up to $1.375 million and five years in prison. But criminals willing to do a home invasion aren\u2019t losing sleep over a regulatory notice.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dr Tuffley explained that the devices work on a simple premise \u2014 that WiFi is like a conversation.<\/p>\n
\u201cA jammer walks into the room and starts yelling so nobody can hear anything above the noise,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey flood the same radio frequencies your router and cameras use \u2014 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz \u2014 with noise. Security cameras lose their connection, stop uploading video, and stop sending out alerts. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe house looks monitored from the street. But the system is effectively blind. Some of the more sophisticated jammer devices go further and send forged \u2018disconnect\u2019 commands to every device on the network, forcing them offline without any radio noise at all. Either way, the cameras record nothing and alert nobody.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a situation that Albury resident Drew Cameron found himself in recently, too.<\/p>\n
Mr Cameron had the driver profile on his luxury BMW hacked by thieves who tracked him to his home before returning after dark to take the car.<\/p>\n
He woke as they were driving out.<\/p>\n
The thieves also used a WiFi jammer to block his cameras, \u201cso they went blank for however long they were in the vicinity\u201d.<\/p>\n
The targeting of luxury vehicles is at an all-time high in Victoria. Crime statistics show that 32,000 cars were stolen in the last year, more than at any time on record.<\/p>\n
Children committed 57 per cent of all carjackings, 52 per cent of home invasions, 48 per cent of aggravated burglaries and 62 per cent of all robberies, according to the Herald Sun. <\/p>\n
Dr Tuffley says there are some things Victorians can do \u2014 a few practical fixes.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe core problem is an over-reliance on WiFi,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
\u201cGo wired \u2014 cameras connected by cable can\u2019t be jammed. For your front door and driveway, wired is the strongest option.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also suggested using cameras with SD cards \u2014 \u201ceven if the internet connection drops out, local storage keeps recording. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe thief can kill the upload \u2014 but not the footage. The bottom line is if your entire security setup runs on WiFi alone, it has a single point of failure, and the criminals know this. The best defence is to have redundancy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Bastoni has set up a GoFundMe page to recover some of the costs. His Mercedes, he revealed, was not insured.<\/p>\n
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