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Viral Video Prompts Delhi Probe of Hyundai Creta Immobiliser Hack

Hyundai India has offered customer support after footage highlighted a security flaw in its immobiliser system

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Overview

  • CCTV footage from June 21 shows a masked individual using a key‐duplication device to bypass the Creta’s electronic immobiliser in under 60 seconds
  • Owner Rishabh Chauhan shared the video on Instagram, warning potential buyers and tagging Hyundai India
  • Hyundai India responded on social media, offering direct assistance and pledging a review of its security software
  • The Delhi Police’s Anti‐Auto Theft Squad has opened a formal investigation and is tracing known auto‐theft networks
  • The six-month-old Creta, valued at over Rs 20 lakh, remains unrecovered as experts warn similar hacks have targeted Hyundai and Kia models globally