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.
Why on Earth would an electrical car need to identify itself to a charging station?
Except for tracking its whereabouts?
Don’t say for billing, because for payment on all sorts of self service vending machines, which charging stations for electrical cars pretty much are, other solutions (some with just as much tracking potential) have been existing for a long time, no need to reinvent the square wheel here.