Škoda warns of customer data breach after online shop hack

Škoda Auto, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group, has disclosed a data breach after attackers hacked its online shop and stole the personal information of an undisclosed number of customers.

The 130-year-old Czech car maker has over 34,000 employees and reported sales of more than €27 billion and a profit of nearly €2 billion in 2025, having delivered over 1 million cars to customers.

As Škoda revealed, threat actors gained access by exploiting an unspecified vulnerability in the software of its e-commerce portal. After detecting the breach, the company reported the incident to the relevant authorities and has fixed the security flaw exploited in the attack.

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