Eastern Eye reports that ASOS customers received a bizarre app notification claiming the fashion retailer had been hacked, with attackers allegedly threatening to leak data unless the company engaged with them.
“Dear Asos DPO and IT, we have fully compromised the Snowflake instance,” the message said. “Engage with us, or we will leak it.”
It also contained a link to a Telegram chat.
The incident has raised concerns about whether attackers gained access to ASOS’s systems and were then able to use its customer notification infrastructure to broadcast their message. However, the notification alone does not establish how much data may have been accessed or whether the attackers’ wider claims are genuine.
Reuters reported that it was unable to independently verify the reports. ASOS acknowledged awareness of the reports but did not confirm that it had suffered a breach.
Read more at Eastern Eye.
