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Volkswagen Data Breach: 800,000 Electric Car Owners’ Data Leaked (cybersecuritynews.com)

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Take it one step further though. The fine shouldn't be calculated per customer, but per piece of data. So name, phone number, and address would be 3 pieces, and every GPS data point is another piece.