Asos users receive pop-up notification apparently sent by hackers

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Snowflake is a data storage company, whose popular tools have been used by dozens of firms for collecting, analysing and storing data. It uses the cloud, so businesses store, manage and analyse their data in the cloud, meaning no large databases are needed on site. This means it's easier to share data across different teams. A message that appeared on phone screens on Tuesday morning says: "Dear Asos DPO and IT, we have fully compromised the Snowflake instance.

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