Volkswagen Hit by Massive Data Scandal: 800,000 Electric Cars Exposed
Volkswagen faces major challenges as it deals with data exposure and job cuts while restructuring to reduce costs and production capacity.
Volkswagen leak exposed location data for 800,000 electric cars
Der Spiegel found that Cariad, the Volkswagen subsidiary behind the automaker's software, made it possible for an attacker to find and access driver data housed in Amazon’s cloud storage service. The data,
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.
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 detailed, and included locations where the car was switched on and off.
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.
Major Data Breach: 800,000 EV Locations Exposed in Security Lapse
Cariad, Volkswagen's automotive software company, experienced a significant cybersecurity breach. This is an issue of growing concern within the automotive industry.
Volkswagen's massive issue is a privacy nightmare for EV owners
According to its profile on the VW Group website, CARIAD is the "software powerhouse of Volkswagen Group" focused on ...
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Volkswagen Corrado Off-Roader Is A Poor Man's 911 Dakar
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Volkswagen ID.4 Electric Vehicles Back On Sale With New Parts For Repairs
Volkswagen announces the return of ID.4 electric vehicles for sale and repairs, following new parts availability at its ...
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Volkswagen massive data leak caused by a failure to secure AWS credentials
VW also failed to meet regulatory requirements for data security, and even violated its own terms of service, said analyst.
Volkswagen Boss Hails Cost-cutting Deal But Shares Fall
Volkswagen's chief executive welcomed a deal to slash jobs and reduce production capacity in Germany without the need to ...
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With its modern reinterpretation of VW's iconic Microbus style, the head-turning ID.Buzz looks different from other minivans. It's especially eye-catching in our test example's festive and flattering ...
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New EV rules leave Stellantis and Volkswagen with fewer eligible models
As part of the Biden Administration’s efforts to restrict the import of Chinese-made electric vehicles and vehicles that ...