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In 2024, Volkswagen experienced a data-security incident involving customer vehicle information stored on [[Amazon Web Services]] (AWS). The incident occurred when Volkswagen's implementation of [[CARIAD]], a system used for storing terabytes of customer data, was discovered to have publicly accessible storage instances, because of a misconfiguration<ref name=":0">[https://cybersecuritynews.com/volkswagen-data-breach/]"Volkswagen Data Breach: 800,000 Electric Car Owners’ Data Leaked" written by Guru Baran (co-founder of Cyber Security News and GBHackers On Security). [https://archive.ph/tVDzM Archived] from the original on December 28, 2024. Retrieved on January 15, 2025.</ref>.
In 2024, Volkswagen experienced a data-security incident involving customer vehicle information stored on [[Amazon Web Services]] (AWS). The incident occurred when Volkswagen's implementation of [[CARIAD]], a system used for storing terabytes of customer data, was discovered to have publicly accessible storage instances, because of a misconfiguration<ref name=":0">[https://cybersecuritynews.com/volkswagen-data-breach/]"Volkswagen Data Breach: 800,000 Electric Car Owners’ Data Leaked" written by Guru Baran (co-founder of Cyber Security News and GBHackers On Security). [https://archive.ph/tVDzM Archived] from the original on December 28, 2024. Retrieved on January 15, 2025.</ref>.