Volkswagen's Electric Shake-up: Massive Data Breach Exposes 800,000 EVs
In a startling data breach, Volkswagen's software arm Cariad exposed sensitive info of 800,000 electric vehicles in Europe. GPS data, precise to 10cm, linked to individual drivers, laid bare in the cloud for months. The Chaos Computer Club's discovery of this vulnerability raises significant privacy red flags for connected vehicles, despite VW's swift security patch and assurance of no major harm.
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