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Volkswagen Data Breach: 800,000 Electric Car Owners’ Data Leaked

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Volkswagen Data Breach: 800,000 Electric Car Owners’ Data Leaked

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cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/21710275

Volkswagen has inadvertently exposed the personal information of 800,000 electric vehicle owners, including their location data and contact details. The breach, which occurred due to a misconfiguration in the systems of Cariad, VW’s software subsidiary, left sensitive data stored on Amazon Cloud publicly accessible for months. The exposed information included precise GPS data, which allowed […] The post Volkswagen Data Breach: 800,000 Electric Car Owners’ Data Leaked appeared first on Cyber Security News.

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What possible reason could VW have for collecting this information in the first place?
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  Data is money. Whatever data a company can legally collect (or get away with illegally collecting), they will collect.
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    Granted. I should have said “legitimate” reason.

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