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It's worth mentioning that this impacts only US vehicles from those brands.
Are you sure? This stuff is happening in Australia too. Something about the key hole size being the exact size as a USB-A cable.
Here it says that this should not be possible in Australia due to the immobilizers.
https://www.drive.com.au/news/us-kia-and-hyundai-thefts-what-it-means-for-australia/
Maybe some thieves believe all KIAs and Hyundays are targets and eventually some are stolen due to other factors.