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

The data was found exposed on an Amazon cloud server, and contained precise location data on thousands of vehicles.

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, including specific GPS coordinates and owner information.

The leak also included the emails, addresses, and phone numbers of drivers in some cases, Der Spiegel reports.

Volkswagen suffered an immense data leak that exposed the locations of 800,000 EV drivers. This information was reportedly accessible for months.

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.

Volkswagen's automotive software company, Cariad, exposed data collected from around 800,000 electric cars. The info could be linked to drivers' names and reveal precise vehicle locations.