A new trend on the social media platform Tik Tok has caused an 85 percent increase in Hyundai and Kia car thefts in Los Angeles compared to that of last year, according to the city’s Police Chief Michel Moore.
Viral videos began circulating on Tik Tok in May, showing people how to break into Hyundai and Kia vehicles made between 2010 and 2021.
“I believe it’s influenced by this social media challenge,” Moore told the Los Angeles Police Commission Aug. 30. “And [the] senselessness of that cannot be overstated. It is important … to prevent this that we bring this to the public’s attention.”…