The brand apparently mattered in multiple vehicle burglaries Aug. 8 at south Coquina Beach in Bradenton Beach.
Bradenton Beach police reported four auto burglaries that day — all involving Hondas.
BBPD Officer Ryan Gagliano and Sgt. Steve Masi responded to the calls from Coquina.
During the investigation, the vehicle owners reported locking their doors before going to the beach. Yet there were no signs of forced entry to windows or scratches from picked locks on the vehicles.
In one instance, an owner returned home before realizing there had been a break-in.
Police said mostly wallets containing identification, credit cards and cash were taken and three owners reported credit card fraud involving South American businesses.
The four vehicles involved in the Coquina burglaries were Honda models from 2012-22.
A 2022 report from Star-V labs, an online security research group, said Honda vehicles are vulnerable to fob hacking — dubbed the Rolling-PWN attack — that exploits a weakness in the keyless entry system of some vehicles.