New York city government sues Hyundai and Kia - cars of a South Korean company can be stolen according to instructions from YouTube and TikTok

Instructions regularly appear on YouTube, TikTok and other social networks that allow attackers

steal Hyundai and Kia cars. For this reason, the New York City Hall is suing the companies.

What is known

The statement states that the increase inHyundai and Kia vehicle thefts endanger the safety of New Yorkers. The reason is the refusal of South Korean companies to use immobilizers.

Officials call on Hyundai and Kia to recallvehicles to solve the problem. The companies previously paid $200 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed over a series of TikTok video hijackings.

The statement of claim noted that since the beginning of the year19.3% of thefts were from Hyundai and Kia vehicles in 2011-2021 and 2015-2021. release, respectively. At the same time, the share of these cars is less than 3%. In the four months of 2023, 977 Hyundai and Kia cars were stolen in New York, about 7.5 times more than in the same period in 2022.