Volkswagen has exposed the data of 800,000 owners of electric vehicles via a flaw in Cariad, its software subsidiary. Discovered by the Chaos Computer Club in Germany, the leak, which included GPS information, raises alarm bells about data management in the automotive industry. The story comes two years after the Mozilla Foundation’s catastrophic report on car data.

Just imagine: the smallest details of your life, meticulously recorded and accessible at the click of a button. Where you’re going, how fast you’re driving, your private conversations, even your state of health or sexual practices – all potentially available not only to car manufacturers, but also to hackers. This is the nightmare scenario highlighted by the recent data breach at the Volkswagen Group (VW, Audi, Skoda and Seat).

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