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VW Suffers Major IT Outage, Halting German Production and Exposing Network Vulnerabilities

  • Volkswagen suffered a major IT outage that halted production at most of its German plants starting Wednesday.

  • The outage impacted VW's entire group, including Porsche and Audi brands, highlighting vulnerability in VW's network infrastructure.

  • VW said the IT problems were resolved overnight and network is stable again, though some systems may still be affected.

  • Production network is back up and running globally, with output expected to proceed as planned.

  • Outage drew comments from Germany's transport minister about need for better protection of critical digital infrastructure.

reuters.com
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