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Data breach at Mercedes Benz

Data breach at Mercedes Benz

Date: 21.10.2019

Responsible body: Mercedes Benz App "Mercedes Me"

Type of data breach: data visible to other users

The "Mercedes Me" application is used by Mercedes customers to check vehicle data, control vehicle functions remotely or view contracts. Several customers were temporarily shown the data of other users. Only customers from the USA were affected. After the data leak became known, Mercedes reacted by temporarily switching off the application.

Categories of data: personal data such as name, telephone number, location of the car

Source: t3n

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