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.
If VW put a petrol engine in these cars, the breach would have been identical. The fact these are EVs is incidental to the story. Why is it part of the headline?
As far as can tell it only affects cars with Cariad software which seems to be used by VW group EVs.
Why the fuck do cars need to be connected to the Internet all the time? I fear the day when all cars will be subject to stupid shit like this
Because people want cars with maps and traffic data? Is that really such a god awful thing to want in your car?
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