The customer data of Volkswagen Group of America was breached in a cyberattack in March 20221.
An unauthorized third party gained access to their servers and stole the information like phone numbers and email addresses, vehicle purchased, leased, or inquired about.
More than 3.3 million customers in U.S. and Canadia were affected by the attack.
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/volkswagen-of-america-inc
"id": "vol125417222",
"linkid": "volkswagen-of-america-inc",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "03/2021",
"severity": "90",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': '3.3 million',
'industry': 'Automotive',
'location': ['United States', 'Canada'],
'name': 'Volkswagen Group of America',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized access to servers',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '3.3 million',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Phone numbers',
'Email addresses',
'Vehicle information']},
'date_detected': 'March 2022',
'description': 'The customer data of Volkswagen Group of America was breached '
'in a cyberattack in March 2022. An unauthorized third party '
'gained access to their servers and stole information like '
'phone numbers and email addresses, vehicle purchased, leased, '
'or inquired about.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Phone numbers',
'Email addresses',
'Vehicle information']},
'threat_actor': 'Unauthorized third party',
'title': 'Volkswagen Group of America Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}