Asos stock drops after customers receive app notification claiming hack
Thousands of Asos customers received mobile notifications claiming the online retailer was hacked, causing company shares to fall by more than 10 percent.
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Thousands of Asos customers received a mobile app notification claiming the retailer had been hacked, RTE reported. The message was sent directly to users' phones and titled Asos hacked. [1]
The notification directed customers to a Telegram account and contained a message addressed to the company data protection officer and IT team, RTE reported. The hackers claimed to have fully compromised the company Snowflake instance and threatened to leak the data unless company officials engaged with them. [1]
Shares in Asos fell by more than 10 percent following the alert, according to RTE. As FTMQ News reported earlier, media outlets contacted Asos to determine the extent of any compromised customer data. [1][2]
The alleged incident involves the cloud firm Snowflake, which stores data for major companies, RTE reported. Snowflake has been targeted in several recent data breaches, including an attack on Ticketmaster that resulted in stolen customer details. [1]
In short
- Thousands of Asos customers received app notifications claiming the retailer was hacked.
- The notification threatened to leak compromised data from cloud platform Snowflake on Telegram.
- Shares in Asos fell by more than 10 percent following the security alert.
Sources
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- [1]Asos customers told online retailer hacked in phone alertRTE, 2h ago (the report this story comes from)
Background
- [2]Asos sends threatening app notifications to customers after alleged hack FTMQ News, 1h ago
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