Volkswagen Data Leak Exposes Details of 800,000 Electric Cars

A misconfigured cloud storage system left sensitive vehicle and owner data accessible for months before being secured.

Volkswagen subsidiary Cariad exposed terabytes of data from 800,000 electric vehicles, including precise location information for 460,000 cars.
The data, stored in an Amazon cloud instance, was accessible without proper security measures, allowing potential tracking of individuals' movements.
The Chaos Computer Club (CCC), an ethical hacking group, discovered the breach and alerted Volkswagen on November 26, prompting a same-day fix.
Affected vehicles include VW, Seat, Audi, and Skoda models, with compromised data linked to private individuals, politicians, and police vehicles in Europe.
Volkswagen stated that no passwords or payment information were exposed and emphasized that no evidence suggests misuse of the data by third parties.