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| Type = Public

| Founded = 1937

| Industry = ~~Automobile Manufacturing~~

| Industry = Automotive

| Official Website = https://~~www.~~vw.com/~~en.html~~

| Official Website = https://vw.com/

| Logo = Volkswagen.svg

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'''Volkswagen''' is a Germany-based automobile manufacturing company. It was established as part of the [[Wikipedia:German_Labour_Front|German Labour Front]] in 1937. In recent years the company's ~~cars~~ have been ~~collecting~~ customer data, ~~which has led~~ to a ~~recent~~ incident.

'''[[wikipedia:Volkswagen|Volkswagen]]''' is a Germany-based automobile manufacturing company. It was established as part of the [[Wikipedia:German_Labour_Front|German Labour Front]] in 1937. In recent years, the company's vehicles have been equipped with systems that collect customer data, leading to a notable incident.

==~~Controversies~~==

==Incidents==

~~This section will contain any number of controversies~~ that ~~fall under the scope of the CAT~~ wiki.

===Volkswagen found to be cheating in regulatory emissions tests (2015)===

Volkswagen was among several automotive manufacturers who deliberately programmed their emission control systems to only work with full effectivity when the car detected that a regulatory emissions test is being performed. The cars only fulfilled emissions standards in this lab environment.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_emissions_scandal</ref>

Volkswagen ~~car location data gets exposed~~

===Volkswagen introduces SFD (2020) and SFD 2 (2024), blocking independent repairs===

{| ~~class="wikitable"~~

{{Main|Volkswagen AG - SFD(2) / UNCE - Protection of car diagnosis}}

|+

Since 2024, Volkswagen AG implements SFD 2 in its vehicles, which blocks access to the car's control units unless users have a valid account in Volkswagen's backend system. Independent mechanics and car owners must purchase $50 unlock tokens for each control unit they need to access, with the units automatically re-locking after 90 minutes.

~~!Controversy~~

~~!Year~~

===Volkswagen car location data gets exposed (2024)===

~~!Background Info~~

~~!Aftermath~~

Customer vehicle data vehicle data stored on AWS with CARIAD was discovered to have public instances due to a possible misconfiguration. See also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_II378UoxY

~~!Related Article~~

~~!Related Video~~(s)

|-

|Volkswagen car location data gets exposed 2024

|~~2024~~

|Customer vehicle data vehicle data stored on AWS with CARIAD was discovered to have public instances due to a possible misconfiguration.

|

~~|[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/Volkswagen_car-location_data-exposure_incident Data exposure incident]~~

|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_II378UoxY

|}

==References==

[[Category:~~Car manufacturers~~]]

[[Category:Volkswagen]]

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 | Type = Public
 | Founded = 1937
-| Industry = Automobile Manufacturing
+| Industry = Automotive
-| Official Website = https://www.vw.com/en.html
+| Official Website = https://vw.com/
 | Logo = Volkswagen.svg
 }}
-'''Volkswagen''' is a Germany-based automobile manufacturing company. It was established as part of the [[Wikipedia:German_Labour_Front|German Labour Front]] in 1937. In recent years the company's cars have been collecting customer data, which has led to a recent incident.
+'''[[wikipedia:Volkswagen|Volkswagen]]''' is a Germany-based automobile manufacturing company. It was established as part of the [[Wikipedia:German_Labour_Front|German Labour Front]] in 1937. In recent years, the company's vehicles have been equipped with systems that collect customer data, leading to a notable incident.
-==Controversies==
+==Incidents==
-This section will contain any number of controversies that fall under the scope of the CAT wiki.
+===Volkswagen found to be cheating in regulatory emissions tests (2015)===
+Volkswagen was among several automotive manufacturers who deliberately programmed their emission control systems to only work with full effectivity when the car detected that a regulatory emissions test is being performed. The cars only fulfilled emissions standards in this lab environment.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_emissions_scandal</ref>
-Volkswagen car location data gets exposed
+===Volkswagen introduces SFD (2020) and SFD 2 (2024), blocking independent repairs===
-{| class="wikitable"
+{{Main|Volkswagen AG - SFD(2) / UNCE - Protection of car diagnosis}}
-|+
+Since 2024, Volkswagen AG implements SFD 2 in its vehicles, which blocks access to the car's control units unless users have a valid account in Volkswagen's backend system. Independent mechanics and car owners must purchase $50 unlock tokens for each control unit they need to access, with the units automatically re-locking after 90 minutes.
-!Controversy
-!Year
+===Volkswagen car location data gets exposed (2024)===
-!Background Info
+{{Main|Volkswagen car-location data-exposure incident}}
-!Aftermath
+Customer vehicle data vehicle data stored on AWS with CARIAD was discovered to have public instances due to a possible misconfiguration. See also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_II378UoxY
-!Related Article
-!Related Video(s)
-|-
-|Volkswagen car location data gets exposed 2024
-|2024
-|Customer vehicle data vehicle data stored on AWS with CARIAD was discovered to have public instances due to a possible misconfiguration.
-|
-|[https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/Volkswagen_car-location_data-exposure_incident Data exposure incident]
-|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_II378UoxY
-|}
 ==References==
 <references />
-[[Category:Car manufacturers]]
+[[Category:Volkswagen]]