• JohnWorks@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    I’ve noticed a lot of issues showing up for the Kia and Hyundai cars security wise. I wonder if they’re having issues because there’s more focus on those cars or if their security is really that bad.

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      1 month ago

      The Kia/Hyundai “challenge” where people were stealing their cars with a USB cord is because they opted not to include an immobilizer in US models for a decade. Every other car brand had them as standard. Kia even had them as standard in non US cars, but because the USA stupidly does not have a law about it, they opted to drastically reduce car security to save a few dollars per car.

      This has made them prime targets, as people know they make bad security choices whenever they can save a buck.

      So a bit of both, I expect.

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        1 month ago

        I’m still amazed that immobilizers aren’t a legal requirement in the USA, and that Kia would remove them from US models just to save a small amount of money.

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      1 month ago

      Both probably. I’m sure a lot of cars have problems like this, but they just haven’t been found and there are already known vulnerabilities to focus on.

    • ccdfa@lemm.ee
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      1 month ago

      Don’t look into South Korean web security. If their cars are as badly designed as their websites… Yikes