Volkswagen leak exposed location of 800,000 electric car drivers for months
The leak affected roughly 800,000 Volkswagen, Audi, Seat, and Skoda electric cars, but for roughly 460,000 of them, including Volkswagen's ID.3 and ID.4 models, the data was very
Insecure Database Exposes Location Data of 460,000 Volkswagen EVs
Data on 800,000 VW electric cars sat exposed for months, including the precise location of nearly 460,000 EVs. It does not appear that any of that info was accessed by bad actors, though.
Data leak at VW subsidiary affects 800,000 electric cars, report says
A data leak at the software company Cariad, a subsidiary of German car manufacturer Volkswagen (VW), left the personal details of electric car owners in Europe available online for months, Germany's Spiegel news magazine reported on Friday.
Volkswagen Data Leak Exposed Location Data for 800,000 Electric Cars
For several months, the personal data and precise locations of 800,000 electric vehicles (EVs) from Volkswagen and its associated brands were publicly accessible online due to a significant data leak.
Huge Volkswagen data leak exposed the locations of 460,000 EV drivers
A Volkswagen software subsidiary called Cariad experienced a massive data leak that left 800,000 EV owners exposed, according to reporting by the German publication Spiegel Netzwelt. The leak allowed personal information to be left online for months,
Volkswagen leak exposed precise location data on thousands of vehicles across Europe for months
The data was found exposed on an Amazon cloud server, and contained precise location data on thousands of vehicles.
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,
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Volkswagen leak exposed location data for 800,000 electric cars
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