HackingRetail & ConsumerRetailStolen CredentialsData MishandlingSupply Chain (3P Vendor)Data ExfiltratedCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountCriticalContained

VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.

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Severity

Critical

Discovered

Mar 10, 2021

Filed

Jun 10, 2021

To disclose

13 weeks

Affected · nationwide

3,300,0004,825 in this filing

Linked

11 filings

Confidence

65%

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

Volkswagen Group of America (VWGoA) disclosed a breach affecting over 3.3 million US and Canadian customers. An unauthorized third party obtained customer data from a vendor used by Audi and VW dealers between Aug 2019 and May 2021. Data included contact info, VINs, and for ~90k individuals, driver's licenses, SSNs, and financial account numbers. VWGoA notified law enforcement, engaged forensic consultants, and offered 24 months of credit monitoring via IDX. Idaho had 4,825 affected residents.

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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
South Carolina State AGbd_1ddbf202e4f260d82021-06-10Verified
Massachusetts State AGbd_84e55a939db554712021-06-10Verified

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Oregon State AGbd_a58d8faff4631eba2021-06-10Verified
Hawaii State AGbd_a70d19886d56a8b92021-06-10Verified
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: 3,300,000state + nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
Data elements: Date of birth
Attack vector: Third-Party / Supply Chain
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Contacted federal law enforcementFiled notice with Idaho Attorney General
Initial access: supply_chain

During the incident: Commenced an investigation to determine the nature and scope of this event
Contacted federal law enforcement
Retained outside data analytics and cybersecurity consultants
Retained IDX to offer free credit protection services
Notifying affected individuals
Directing one letter toward individuals whose contact and vehicle information was impacted, and the other toward individuals whose more sensitive information was also impacted
Notifying the three major credit reporting agencies
Conducting a full security review with the vendor
Changes made: Conducting a full security review with the vendor to identify if further security enhancements are reasonable and appropriate
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 13 weeks(92 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

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

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 · 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://ag.idaho.gov/content/uploads/2022/03/06-10-21-Volkswagen-Group-of-America-Inc..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: 14fbfc22f39a857d88c573e612ec4bbbf79aa04a2a1fb72b234db1db4d9dbb39

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

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceag.idaho.gov