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flag Data from 800,000 Volkswagen electric cars, including GPS locations, was exposed due to a security breach.

flag A security breach exposed data from 800,000 Volkswagen Group electric vehicles, including precise GPS coordinates and battery statuses, for several months. flag The breach, discovered by a whistleblower, affected cars from VW, Audi, Seat, and Skoda. flag Over 460,000 cases had detailed location data, potentially revealing daily routines. flag The data was stored on a poorly secured Amazon cloud server and included information on German politicians and police officers. flag While passwords and payment data were not exposed, the incident raises privacy concerns. flag The leak occurred due to a configuration error by Cariad, a VW subsidiary.

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