Data from 800,000 electric cars owned by Volkswagen, Seat, Audi, and Skoda was exposed online due to misconfigured Amazon cloud storage. The leak revealed detailed vehicle info, including precise location data, notable for its accuracy. Ethical hackers informed Volkswagen's software company, Cariad, of the vulnerability. Although access required technical expertise, some sensitive data was linked to high-profile individuals, raising privacy concerns. Cariad claims the issue was quickly resolved, with no evidence of data misuse by others found.
Customer data from 800,000 electric cars and owners exposed online