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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
Volkswagen leak exposes private information of 800,000 EV owners, including location data
The private data from Cariad, which makes VW software, was accessible online for several months, according to German publication Spiegel Netzwelt. It included contact information along
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.
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 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 ...
Volkswagen's Golf is about to get a lot more expensive
A recent deal between VW and the union representing its German workforce is pushing the Golf into potentially costly ...
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Former Volkswagen CEO accuses judge of bias in Dieselgate case
Former Volkswagen Group chief executive Martin Winterkorn has accused the judge leading a criminal trial into the 77-year-old ...
Volkswagen shares fall as market struggles to digest unions deal
Volkswagen shares were down 3% in early trade on Monday with analysts citing uncertainty about the automaker's cost-cutting ...
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Volkswagen ID secured the best-selling joint venture EV series in China in 2024
Volkswagen’s joint venture with SAIC Motor was again the top-selling JV brand in China. With over 130,000 electric ID ...
Tested: 2025 Volkswagen Taos
The smallest Volkswagen SUV is surprisingly spacious and refined for a compact.
The Volkswagen ID.4 Is Back On Sale
Volkswagen's electric crossover is back after fixing a defective door handle issue, and "highly competitive lease offers" are ...