Volkswagen’s Electric Blunder: Data Exposure Shocks in 2025
Volkswagen has revved up the privacy breach circuit by exposing data from its electric vehicles, including detailed telemetry and owner information. Cariad, VW’s software arm, accidentally parked this sensitive data online. While the leak has been plugged, it’s a reminder of the digital potholes companies face in securing cloud resources.
Hot Take:
Volkswagen’s data spill is the automotive equivalent of leaving your diary open on a park bench, except your diary contains the exact GPS location of every park bench you’ve ever visited. Meanwhile, cybercriminals are starting their new year with a fresh batch of security blunders from Palo Alto and MetLife, while Do Kwon is swapping crypto for court dates. It’s like the cybersecurity world kicked off 2025 with a fireworks display of data breaches, legal drama, and the DOJ trying to keep Uncle Sam’s secrets out of the wrong hands. Welcome to the future, where the only thing more predictable than a data breach is a new form of clickjacking!
Key Points:
- Volkswagen subsidiary Cariad exposed telemetry data from 800,000 EVs due to insecure web subpages.
- Tenable’s CEO Amit Yoran passed away, with co-CEOs temporarily stepping in.
- A Palo Alto Networks’ PAN-OS software flaw allows denial of service via DNS Security feature.
- Do Kwon, former Terraform Labs CEO, extradited to the US on multiple fraud charges.
- MetLife denies core system breach despite RansomHub’s ransomware attack claims.