Hyundai Data Breach May Have Leaked Drivers' Personal Information (caranddriver.com)
(Friday November 14, 2025 @05:00AM (BeauHD)
from the another-day-another-breach dept.)
- Reference: 0180070318
- News link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/11/14/0424237/hyundai-data-breach-may-have-leaked-drivers-personal-information
- Source link: https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a69384313/hyundai-data-breach-details/
According to Car and Driver, Hyundai has suffered a data breach that [1]leaked the personal data of up to 2.7 million customers . The leak reportedly took place in February from Hyundai AutoEver, the company's IT affiliate. It includes customer names, driver's license numbers, and social security numbers. Longtime Slashdot reader [2]sinij writes:
> Thanks to tracking modules plaguing most modern cars, that data likely includes the times and locations of customers' vehicles. These repeated breaches make it clear that, unlike smartphone manufacturers that are inherently tech companies, car manufacturers collecting your data are going to keep getting breached and leaking it.
[1] https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a69384313/hyundai-data-breach-details/
[2] https://slashdot.org/~sinij
> Thanks to tracking modules plaguing most modern cars, that data likely includes the times and locations of customers' vehicles. These repeated breaches make it clear that, unlike smartphone manufacturers that are inherently tech companies, car manufacturers collecting your data are going to keep getting breached and leaking it.
[1] https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a69384313/hyundai-data-breach-details/
[2] https://slashdot.org/~sinij
of course the question not asked: why? (Score:2)
We know that cached data will leak, eventually.
So why keep so much data?
(We know the answer, because they can sell it.)
I fully understand that details of people's driving habits absolutely can usefully inform car design. No issue. But it could be anonymized at a quite low level.
Ultimately until the penalties for data loss exceed their value to the firms (not just car companies) literally farming us for data, this won't ever stop.