800,000 people affected
Data breach at VW: location data was accessible
According to a report, location data from around 800,000 electric cars from the VW, Audi, Seat and Skoda brands was leaked by the Volkswagen Group. By comparing this data with other data on the internet, in many cases it could have been linked to the names and contact details of the drivers and thus used for movement profiles.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen This was reported by the news magazine "Spiegel". The "Chaos Computer Club" reported the security vulnerability to Volkswagen software subsidiary Cariad. According to the report, Cariad spoke of a "misconfiguration". So far, there have been "no indications of misuse of data by third parties".
There is no need for customers to take action, as no sensitive information such as passwords or payment details were affected. The data would never be merged within the Group in such a way that it would be possible to draw conclusions about individual persons or create movement profiles.
According to Cariad, Volkswagen uses the data to improve batteries and the associated software.
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