HEADPHONES Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 My brother's Kia Sportage was just stolen today. Parked on the road outside his terraced house. His CCTV showed they did it in 4 min total despite his keys ALWAYS being in a Faraday box. They took a photo of his car reg Went on a laptop in their car 2 min later used their keyless device, got in the Kia and drove away 😱. We reckon they've breached Kia database for keyless entry Kia Sportage models😬 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umster Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 I'm really intrigued, did they tamper with the car at all? Fudge around with the canbus? I wonder if it's another flaw in Kia and their cheap approach to security - maybe it's easy to use the Reg/VIN to guess the transcoder? Mind if I ask what area/part of the country? I'm always paranoid so steering lock as well as a Faraday box. Granted, I've just seen someone smash a car window to steal a bag, so no matter how much you try, there's always a moron who will take what's not theirs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GranTurismoEra Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 Hyundai ioniq apparently have a security breach That Hyundai are looking into. Kia and Hyundai share platforms. It may be that transcoder hacking software is available on dark Web etc. Old school steering lock might be the way Apparently in my area they were intercepting key signals in shopping car parks on arrival. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEADPHONES Posted October 27, 2023 Author Share Posted October 27, 2023 Part 1 of his CCTV footage showing them taking a photo of the number plate. Then he returns a minute later and simply unlocks the car Gets in and is joined by an accomplss .....and they're off! Happened in Tooting Broadway in South London 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie_r32 Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 I think there are some Kia's that you can start with a usb stick with right software on... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loadmaster Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 Incredible, the front these thieves have is unbelievable. No rush or urgency whatsoever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey_83 Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 Gutting to see, might be a Kia employee sadly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilogikal1 Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 Anyone else find it odd that they took a picture of the front of the car having come from behind the car? @HEADPHONES There's a decent view of both of them in those videos, any interest from the police at all? 13 hours ago, davey_83 said: Gutting to see, might be a Kia employee sadly That's a stretch. It could just as easuly be a Lex Autolease employee! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEADPHONES Posted October 28, 2023 Author Share Posted October 28, 2023 @ilogikal1 Police were not interested and asked him to log everything online for a crime reference number to send to the insurance company Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilogikal1 Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 12 minutes ago, HEADPHONES said: @ilogikal1 Police were not interested and asked him to log everything online for a crime reference number to send to the insurance company That’s disappointing, although not all that surprising unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 Kia and Hyundai have very poor security, there are some insurers in the US that won’t insure them due to them being so easy to nick. https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/01/27/business/progressive-state-farm-hyundai-kia/index.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey_83 Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 Any keyless entry car is easy to take with the right software I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 Sad to say it’s probably already in a container on its way to Africa there have been a huge number of North American cars stolen and found in Africa, they even can’t be bothered to take the plates off or clean them out https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6953242 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GranTurismoEra Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 22 hours ago, HEADPHONES said: @ilogikal1 Police were not interested and asked him to log everything online for a crime reference number to send to the insurance company That ticket is closed after 24 hours citing lack of resources. Police report is for insurance purposes. Good to have a tracker. Car thefts are high in London. On some cars you can track and remotely shut down the car preventing theft. I think Tesla have that feature. Cars are sometimes dumped locally awaiting the next move either to the port or breakers. It's worth posting it in local pages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GranTurismoEra Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 16 hours ago, DoogyRev said: Kia and Hyundai have very poor security, there are some insurers in the US that won’t insure them due to them being so easy to nick. https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/01/27/business/progressive-state-farm-hyundai-kia/index.html Class action law suit was successful as well. Sad times. If paying 50 grand a tracker app should be standard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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