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Volkswagen’s data breach at vendor impacted 3.3 million people

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Volkswagen AG`s US unit saw a massive data breach at a vendor which seems to have impacted more than 3.3 million customers and prospective buyers in North America. Nearly all those impacted were current or potential customers of Audi, one of the German automaker`s luxury brands. The information was gathered for sales and marketing between 2014 and 2019 and was in an electronic file the vendor left unsecured.