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Hyundai and Kia thefts soar more than 1000% since 2020 | CNN Business (www.cnn.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Security?

You break open the steering column and all it takes is any USB to start the car

Like, it's not some USB "hack" it works with a charging cable even. You just stick it in and turn it like a key.

They have zero security, it just took social media for the word to get out that a literal child has the skills to do this

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

so it's just a form factor hack, not an actual usb bus attack?

jfc