HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailData MishandlingSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Customer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighContained

VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.

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Severity

High

Discovered

Mar 10, 2021

Filed

Jun 10, 2021

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected

22,212state residents only

Linked

11 filings

Confidence

64%

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

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. notified customers that an unauthorized third party obtained limited personal information from a vendor used by Audi, Volkswagen, and authorized dealers. The data, gathered for sales and marketing from 2014-2019, included names, addresses, emails, phone numbers, VINs, and sensitive data like driver's license numbers. The incident was discovered in March 2021. Volkswagen engaged external experts and partnered with IDX to offer 24 months of credit monitoring and identity theft recovery services.

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South Carolina clock✓ SC CRA notice due13 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

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

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Regulatory filings (10) · sorted by filing gap

Maine State AGbd_002ceb226a9ffd7e2021-06-10Candidate
California State AGbd_0941ba49b48318db2021-06-10Verified
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: 22,212state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1195 Supply Chain Compromise
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: Informed appropriate authorities, including law enforcement and regulators
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Informed appropriate authorities, including law enforcement and regulators
Working with external cybersecurity experts to assess and respond
Taken steps to address the matter with the vendor
Partnered with IDX to provide notification and free credit protection services
Changes made: Offering 24 months of credit and CyberScan monitoring
Providing $1,000,000 insurance reimbursement policy
Providing fully managed identity theft recovery services
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(92 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: SC CRA notice due
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 11 filings · 11 states

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Maine State AGJun 10 · first

California State AGJun 10 · first

Massachusetts State AGJun 10 · first

Oregon State AGJun 10 · first

Hawaii State AGJun 10 · first

Idaho State AGJun 10 · first

South Carolina 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://consumer.sc.gov/sites/consumer/files/Documents/Business%20Resources%20Laws/Related%20Laws/Breaches/2021/Volkswagen.pdf
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: 54ea059a745bd3a2f41eab5809e664bb74aad2680dca44545d080de1c74b929d

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 responseInformed appropriate authorities, including law enforcement and regulators

ComplianceSC CRA notice due

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceconsumer.sc.gov