Volkswagen has been under scrutiny for years since…

Between 2010 and 2015, computer system the world Volkswagen has been pirates Many times. This is what Der Spiegel, ZDF and Knack reveal after an investigation into the activities of China’s intelligence services in Europe. Volkswagen confirmed that this has been known for longer than the cyber attacks that have been going on for years.

The hack was exposed ten years agoJune 3, 2014. Volkswagen’s computer system was hacked by the Volkswagen factory Pueblathe largest car factory in the country Mexico and one of the largest in the Volkswagen group. After this discovery, the German brand decided to keep an eye on pirates for several months.

On April 24, 2015, Volkswagen faced a big launch cleaning operation to be called “65 Amendments “. The entire IT system of the Volkswagen Group was temporarily shut down. This did not happen by chance on a Friday at 10 am, because at that time it was 4 pm in China – where the hackers were – and they were starting their weekend. General operation of cleaning, which was also involved Audi Brusselsit would be one of the biggest ever made and would cost more than 100 million euros.

Technological information

Experts were able to determine that the pirates stole 19,000 files in Volkswagen. This is exactly what they had information on important technology from a German car manufacturer. Hackers were interested in the development of gasoline engines, transmissions, dual-clutch gearboxes, electric motors and fat cells.

It is not known who is behind these cyber attacks, but IP addresses used are close to China’s military intelligence services in Beijing. Chinese hacking software has also been used. There are fears that the data ended up with Chinese automakers, which would constitute an act of massive industrial espionage on China’s part.

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