Samsung Breached Again--Customer Data Stolen in July 2022 Hack

[plat]

Content source

https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/02/samsung-data-breach/

Samsung said Social Security numbers and credit card numbers were not affected, but some customer information — name, contact and demographic information, date of birth, and product registration information — was taken.


“The information affected for each relevant customer may vary. We are notifying customers to make them aware of this matter,” said the statement.

Samsung spokesperson Chris Langlois told TechCrunch by email via crisis communications firm Edelman that demographic data relates to customer information used for marketing and advertising, but didn’t specify what types of data this includes. Langlois added that registration data, provided by customers in order to access support and warranty information, includes product purchase date, model, and device ID.

Will update when more info is available--specifically which actor/s was/were behind this one. Samsung was hacked back in March and Lapsus$ claimed that one.

 

[upnorth]

which actor/s was/were behind this one. Samsung was hacked back in March and Lapsus$ claimed that one.

Wouldn't be surprised at all if it's the same one. Pretty common if an attacker gained persistence deep enough access on the network.

It's a bit worrisome and extra for Samsung customers, that the breach happened almost 1 month ago according to Samsung themself. It's strongly recommended to check if one's email might been leaked.

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If that's the case, change the password!

 

[Mystic]

It's strongly recommended to check if one's email might been leaked.
https://haveibeenpwned.com/

Personally, I don't have to worry as I am using a specific email for each service. All I have to do to is remove the affected alias and create a new one.