ASOS Customers Receive Alarming 'Hacked' Notification
Translated & summarized from Now 14 by baba
ASOS customers received a push notification claiming the company's systems were hacked and their Snowflake cloud account accessed. The fashion retailer has not yet officially commented on the breach notification.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- ASOS customers received a notification claiming a system hack.
- The message warned of a potential data leak from a Snowflake account.
- Hackers demanded contact or threatened to leak data.
- ASOS has not yet released an official statement.
- Customers shared their reactions on social media.
Customers of the online fashion retailer ASOS, including those in Israel, received an unusual push notification on Tuesday stating that the company's systems had been breached. The message, which appeared to originate from the hackers themselves, declared "ASOS HACKED" and warned of a potential data leak. It further claimed full access to the company's Snowflake cloud account, a platform used for data storage and analysis. The notification included a demand to contact the senders via a Telegram link, or they would leak the data. The message was addressed to ASOS's Data Protection Officer (DPO) and IT team. ASOS has not yet issued an official statement regarding the incident. However, affected customers took to social media to express their surprise and concern, with some speculating about the motive behind the notification and others making light of the situation.
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