It’s been about a year since juveniles and young adults who call themselves the “Kia Boyz” started stealing Hyundai’s and Kia’s in Western Washington.
The trend took off after how-to videos went viral on TikTok, showing people how to steal a car with just a USB cable – exploiting a vulnerability in the cars. One of those videos was posted exactly one year ago on July 12, posted by user @robbierayyy. The video was taken down a couple of weeks later, but the damage was done.In Renton, police say they started noticing the problem taking off in October of 2022.
He said in May and June, the city saw about 38 cars stolen per month – or more than one every day in the City of Renton alone.Kaydra Kerr and her 2013 Hyundai have been targeted twice – once in January and again in June. ”I have my webcam recording directly onto my hard drive every single night to video surveillance my car,” she said.
Both Lange and Kerr have received the dealership software security upgrades, and use a steering wheel lock whenever they park their cars. Lange got his for free from the Lakewood Police Department. But Kerr said during the club lock giveaways, she had no way to get to the police station to pick one up – since her car had been stolen – and had to buy one.
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