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ASOS confirms breach after unauthorized app notifications claim customer-data theft

ASOS confirmed a data breach after unauthorized push notifications appeared in its app. The notifications claimed customer data had been stolen from the company’s Snowflake environment, but the theft remains unverified.

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Image: The Register

Why it matters

The confirmed breach and unverified claim of customer-data theft make the scope and nature of any exposed information important to establish.

What we know

Confirmed by several sources

Reported by one source

  • The notifications claimed hackers stole customer data from ASOS’s Snowflake environment. — BleepingComputer
  • The customer-information theft claim remains unverified. — The Register

Open questions

Coverage 2 publishers

  1. BleepingComputer

    ASOS confirms data breach after “HACKED” in-app notifications

  2. The Register

    Asos app delivers a data leak threat instead of fast fashion

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