Vehicles Stolen Using High-Tech Methods by Criminals

 

Over the past 20 years, the number of cars stolen in the United States has been reduced by half. However, authorities are now seeing an increasing number of break-ins associated with high-tech techniques being used in these break-ins. 
There has been evidence to suggest that some employees at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) misused law enforcement databases to spy on their romantic partners, neighbors, and business partners. 
According to a new dataset obtained through records requests, hundreds of ICE employees and contractors have been under scrutiny since 2016 because they attempted to access medical, biometric, and location data without permission. There are more questions raised by the revelations about ICE’s rights to protect sensitive information. 
Local intelligence agencies have found that in the current period, criminals are using sophisticated technology to target high-end luxury cars equipped with keyless entry systems and emergency starting features to commit theft. 
It was noted that the group identified three main methods criminals use to gain access to and steal vehicles with these features across the nation.
There was a video that was captured by Michael Shin of Los Angeles two years ago, where

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