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31 Arrested for stealing cars by hacking keyless tech

• JacobThreeThree 4y ago
  Pretty brazen move to steal all the cars of your app users.
• Althuns 4y ago
  Meanwhile in the US we have a huge rash of thefts of Hyundais and Kias and neither the police nor the manufacturers are interested in doing anything about it.
  • Nicksil 4y ago
    >Meanwhile in the US we have a huge rash of thefts of Hyundais and Kias and neither the police nor the manufacturers are interested in doing anything about it. Is there a reason why it's specifically Hyundais and Kias? Are they just easier to steal?
    • nirav72 4y ago
      Maybe because of this https://youtu.be/bTeVgfPM0Xw https://youtu.be/bTeVgfPM0Xw
    • fragmede 4y ago
      Yes, specifically they lacked an immobilizer system consisting of a chip in the keyfob, so for those model years, all that was required to drive the car off was a screwdriver.