A Volkswagen marketing partner has suffered a data breach, according to a letter from the automaker's Audi business. The result: Supply chain hackers have obtained data involving 3.3 million current and potential Audi customers across the United States and Canada, the automobile manufacturer has disclosed.
The information was gathered for sales and marketing between 2014 and 2019 and was in an electronic file that the Volkswagen supply chain partner left unsecured, Reuters reports.
The lifted data generally involves:
Volkswagen did not mention whether the company has hired a cybersecurity consulting firm or MSSP to assist with the forensics.
