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My sister's a copper and works on a team that go after the gangs that do this. Lots of fancy cars with keyless entry are vulnerable.
My understanding is that the main method to gain access to the car is to 'jam' the locking signal in a big car park (shopping centres etc) so you think you've locked it but you haven't. This gives them access to the car and they can then somehow get it going and clone the key at their leisure (dunno how this bit works). I believe BMW, Range Rovers etc are/were affected.
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No idea about BMW, but I was speaking to a carsearch consultant recently. He said that new Range Rovers (not sure about current ones, but at least ones between certain build dates) are apparently very vulnerable via some bit of hardware that can get around / spoof the keyless systems. He was getting all his clients to use big yellow steering wheel locks and the like.