An attack on the company’s AWS platform may have exposed customers' names and home addresses

Exclusive ELECQ, maker of smart electric vehicle (EV) chargers, is warning customers that their personal details may have been stolen in a ransomware attack that encrypted and copied user data from its cloud systems.

In a notice sent to customers on Monday and seen by The Register, the EV charging outfit said that it detected "unusual activity" on its AWS cloud platform on March 7 and quickly discovered that attackers had launched a ransomware attack against parts of its infrastructure.

According to the message, some databases were both encrypted and copied during the intrusion, meaning that the crooks likely walked off with user information before the company pulled the plug.

ELECQ, a Chinese outfit that builds smart EV charging gear for homes and businesses, says that the compromised data is limited to fairly standard account details: names, email addresses, phone numbers, and home addresses.

It insists no financial data, such ...