- Police are investigating the theft of $3,000 of gas at a filling station in Detroit.
- The store says the gas pump was hacked using Bluetooth to override the payment system.
- It comes after gas prices in the US hit record highs this summer.
A thief stole almost 800 gallons of gas from a Detroit filling station after hacking into a pump using his cell phone’s Bluetooth, Fox 2 Detroit reported.
The thief seems to have used Bluetooth to gain control of the gas pump and override its payment system at a Shell station in Detroit’s west side, its owner told the outlet.
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