Volkswagen leak exposed location data for 800,000 electric cars

For months, the location information of around 800,000 electric Volkswagen vehicles was available online due to a data leak, according to a report from the German news magazine Der Spiegel. The leak reportedly stemmed from the software running inside Volkswagen vehicles and could've allowed a bad actor to trace a driver’s exact movements, as noted by Electrek.

A whistleblower first notified Der Spiegel and the European hacking association Chaos Computer Club of the vulnerability...