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.
Yeah I’m not holding out a lot of hope, especially from normal dealership models. If I find something that fits it’ll probably be a secondhand commercial vehicle, a really cheap Chinese off brand I’ll never be allowed to import, or something intended to be recreational along the lines of La Bagnole. Or some kind of diy kit - there were some really cool homebuilt EVs made from scrapped Tesla parts and old ICE vehicles but I’m still just learning about fixing cars so that’s a long way off. For now I’m just driving less and using a bike when I can.