Exposed VW Data for Over 800,000 Vehicles Revealed Locations, Owners
Data privacy is a concern around the world these days — but for Volkswagen, the matter just became a bit more serious. A new report from German news outlet Spiegel has revealed that some 800,000-plus owners of VW's electric models had their data exposed earlier this year,
Massive VW Group flaw left 800,000 owners' data publicly accessible since the summer
The latest round of sensitive information leaks comes from Volkswagen. German news outlet Spiegel reported this week that the personal data and location of over 800,000 customers, including high-ranking German figures, have been freely accessible since this summer.
Whistleblower finds unencrypted location data for 800,000 VW EVs
Connected cars are great—at least until some company leaves unencrypted location data on the Internet for anyone to find. That's what happened with over 800,000 EVs manufactured by the Volkswagen Group,
Massive VW Data Leak Exposed 800,000 EV Owners’ Movements, From Homes To Private Spaces
The sensitive information of VW, Audi, Seat, and Skoda EV owners was left exposed on an unprotected and misconfigured cloud storage system for months
Personal Data of 800,000 VW Group EV Owners Was Left Publicly Accessible for Months: Leak
Inadequate cloud security made EV owners' locations and other private info available to the public since the summer.
Unprotected VW Data Exposed Locations Of 800,000 EVs
There’s no indication anyone nefarious accessed the information before VW software provider Cariad patched the vulnerability.
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