AccidentalRetail & ConsumerRetailMisconfigurationData MishandlingSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedDelayed DiscoveryIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountMediumContained

VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Mar 10, 2021

Filed

Jun 10, 2021

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

Not disclosed

Linked

11 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC. →3 incidents on file

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. notified California residents that a third-party vendor left electronic data unsecured between August 2019 and May 2021. The incident exposed contact information (name, address, email, phone) and vehicle details for customers and interested buyers. Sensitive data including driver's license numbers, and in rare cases SSNs and dates of birth, was also compromised. The company engaged forensic experts, notified law enforcement, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring.

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California clockDiscovered Mar 10, 2021 → Notified Jun 11, 202193d ✗ CA 60-day late13 weeks discovery → filing

Incident timeline

undetected · 587 days

discovery → filing · 13 weeks / 92 days

Aug 1, 2019

Begins

Mar 10, 2021

Discovered

Jun 10, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

+6 wks slower

This filing is one of 11 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_002ceb226a9ffd7e2021-06-10Candidate
South Carolina State AGbd_1ddbf202e4f260d82021-06-10Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_84e55a939db554712021-06-10Verified
Oregon State AGbd_a58d8faff4631eba2021-06-10Verified

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Hawaii State AGbd_a70d19886d56a8b92021-06-10Verified
Idaho State AGbd_d051d73db23282c82021-06-10Verified
Indiana State AGbd_7e0baed1d7cb0dc92021-06-11 · +1dVerified
Delaware State AGbd_ace1b386f57a54322021-06-11 · +1dVerified
Montana State AGbd_f8e8f39ba9318f032021-06-11 · +1dVerified
New Hampshire State AGbd_dd6396c5997a49a42021-06-14 · +4dVerified

Name: VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.
norm: volkswagen group of america

Name: VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.
norm: volkswagen group of america
Industry: Retail & Consumerllm

Discovered: Mar 10, 2021
Breach occurred: Aug 1, 2019 – May 1, 2021
Undetected for: 587 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 11, 2021
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Informed regulators
Third party: via Vendor used by Audi, Volkswagen, and some authorized dealers

During the incident: Commenced an investigation to determine the nature and scope of this event
Informed the appropriate authorities, including law enforcement and regulators
Working with external cybersecurity experts to assess and respond to this situation
Taken steps to address the matter with the vendor
Partnered with IDX to provide notification and offer free credit protection services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(92 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: CA 60-day late · 93d
Discovery-date grounding: letter-groundedThe discovery date is the detection date narrated in the notification letter — the defensible tier.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
California
Discovered: Mar 10, 2021
→ Notified: Jun 11, 2021
93d 60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries) CA 60-day late

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
California	Discovered: Mar 10, 2021 → Notified: Jun 11, 2021	93d	60 days (analyst band, pre-2026 discoveries)	CA 60-day late

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 11 states

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Maine State AGJun 10 · first

South Carolina State AGJun 10 · first

Massachusetts State AGJun 10 · first

Oregon State AGJun 10 · first

Hawaii State AGJun 10 · first

Idaho State AGJun 10 · first

California State AGJun 10 · first · this page

Indiana State AG+1d

Delaware State AG+1d

Montana State AG+1d

New Hampshire State AG+4d

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-541768
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jun 10, 2021
Raw hash: 466cbde628a61212d7098e2a610bb459f46c984c366d47bb6e508184dfec17b2

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityVOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.

Victim entityVOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.

Incidentdiscovered Mar 10, 2021

Stated responseCommenced an investigation to determine the nature and scope of this event

ComplianceCA 60-day late

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceoag.ca.gov