The American division of the automaker Volkswagen AG reported a data leak, which affected more than 3.3 million customers and potential buyers in North America. Reuters with reference to the Volkswagen Group of America reported this.
“The leak occurred after one of the company’s suppliers in the period between August 2019 and May 2021 left customer data on the Internet. The services of this supplier were used not only by Volkswagen but also by official dealers in Canada and the United States,” – said in message.
An unauthorized third party reportedly obtained limited personal information about customers and interested buyers, which some dealers in the United States and Canada used for digital sales and marketing.
“The information was collected for sales and marketing in the period from 2014 to 2019 and was in an electronic file, which the supplier left unprotected,” the agency writes.
As a result, the leak affected confidential data related to the right to buy or rent, 90 thousand Audi customers and potential buyers.
VW has said it will offer free credit card protection to clients who suffered from data leaks.
It is known that confidential data consisted of driver’s license numbers in more than 95% of cases. A small number of records included additional data – dates of birth, social security numbers and account numbers.
The price of Urals, Russia’s main export-grade crude, has fallen below $50 per barrel for the first time since spring. In particular, in the port of Primorsk on the Baltic Sea, prices dropped this week to $47.4 per barrel, Reuters reported, citing traders. As a result, the price of Urals has dipped below the newly […]
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On October 15, SpaceX launched 21 satellites for a new U.S. military communications system, the company’s press service reported. A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 7:06 p.m. Eastern Time (02:06 Kyiv time). The mission was carried out for the U.S. Space Development Agency (SDA). According to the […]
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El Salvador was the first in the world to legalize bitcoin as an official means of payment. Such a law was passed by the country’s parliament. 62 parliamentarians supported the bill, 19 voted against, and three abstained. President Nayib Bukele intends to sign the law soon, after which it will take effect “immediately”. Thus, accepting […]
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Microsoft`s shares fell slightly on Monday before the opening of trading due to the news of the failure the deal of buying the popular application TikTok in Chinese ByteDance. Through the support of the deal by President Donald Trump, Shares of Oracle, which is considered №1 candidate of buying TikTok increased by 10% before the […]
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