Customers of Renault and Dacia in the United Kingdom have been notified that sensitive information they shared with the car maker was compromised following a data breach at a third-party provider.
With a revenue of more than $55 billion, the French car maker has 170,000 employees and an annual production output of 2.2 million vehicles. Dacia is a subsidiary brand that offers reliable vehicles at an affordable price.
Yesterday, both brands informed customers [1, 2] that they were impacted by the cybersecurity incident that occurred at an unamed third party.
“We are very sorry to inform you about a cyber-attack on one of our third-party providers, leading to some Renault UK customers’ personal data being taken from one of their systems,” reads the notice.
The information that has been exposed includes the following data types:
Full name
Gender
Phone number
Email address
Postal address
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