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.
Right, but VW is fairly unique amongst the traditional manufactures after diesel-gate. Their new development is on EVs. If diesel-gate hadn’t happened then this new software platform with the same issue would have been on diesel cars.