Data leakage: the sensitive data of the car manufacturers publicly, also VW concerned

The 157-gigabyte leak was discovered this month by a security researcher and hit heavyweights in the industry such as Volkswagen, Toyota, General Motors, Ford Chrysler and Tesla, wrote the " New York Times "Friday in its online edition.

Nearly 47,000 data from more than 100 companies

Data concern technical information about production processes – sometimes well-kept business secrets. Contracts, work schedules and even confidentiality obligations have also been included. In total, it involves nearly 47,000 cases from more than 100 companies, which involved the Canadian small business Level One Robotics and controls.

According to the report, it is unclear whether the information is unauthorized. and the pbadports contained, seen or downloaded. The researcher, who discovered the data on a backup server, informed the companies last week. Then the material was removed from the network. Level One and the automaker concerned did not comment on the newspaper or left the unanswered requests

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