something went viral in the last year where on tiktok they showed how you can just use a usb cord to essentially car jack a kia or a hyundai. and now baltimore is suing kia because they have made cars too easy to steal even though they do meet federal requirements. what do you make of your city suing car companies. the number one concern are in the city of baltimore for every citizen is public safety of the crime is the number one issue. now, they filed this lawsuit along with st. louis and seattle they are claiming car manufacturers failed to equip vehicle immobilization technology. you are suing. there is a product that you say is defective and not prepared for what we have in baltimore is not a product problem. it s a people problem. 577 carjackings.
4.5 million kia s total of about 8.3 million cars, adding to that the concerns that you see on social media as you mentioned with some thieves record themselves or others using usb cord. and a screwdriver to make off with these cars. don t ask me how, but it is out there and that s why it is extremely concerning for authorities and for the top cops in multiple states and the people who own or drive these cars. it is definitely concerning sandoval. good to see you. thanks. still ahead new reporting on to trump operatives who considered using breached voting data to decertify georgia s senate runoff in 2021 what their text messages reveal. thehese used cs look the same. but how can you tell which one is the betteter deal? bringing dad from sarasota. hey, dadad. this one s broken. dads are great, but
trend is shining a light on just how easy it is to steal these cars using apparently just the u. s. b cord and los angeles alone. thefts of handy and k cars have surged by about 85% and represented 20% of all the stolen cars in l, a. and 2022, cnn business correspondent vanessa to your cave is joins us again. so vanessa, this is an alarming trend that s even become dangerous. but before we get to that, i just want to make sure i understand at risk of being blatantly obvious. we re talking about something as simple. as a u. s b cord using this, you can steal certain models during certain years of hyundai and kia cars, and this is so alarming and so dangerous that these 18 attorney general s from 17 states in washington, d c have sent a letter to the national highway safety transportation association saying, hey, we need to talk about recalling millions of vehicles. what they found was that there are eight deaths that are because of these stolen vehicles. numerous injuries, damage to pro