This Friday (2), Samsung has confirmed that customer data was stolen in a cyberattack in July.. However, the company noted that no identity registration data (Social Security) or credit and debit card numbers were leaked that affected US customers.
According to the company’s official statement, the data stolen from the company’s servers in the incident includes:
With this data in hand, criminals can contact those customers to try to prevent phishing scams. Recommendations include not clicking on unknown links and not downloading files uploaded by suspects. Samsung said the case is under investigation.
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Samsung did not detail the total number of customers affected, but he said he had informed them all about the situation. The company also said that “affected information may change for each relevant customer.” The company emphasized that the devices of the customers in question are not at risk.
Earlier this year, the company was part of the Lapsus$ hacker group. responsible for stealing around 200GB of sensitive company data. Among them were the source codes for devices in the Galaxy line.
Source: Tec Mundo
