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Asos confirms breach of customer data after hackers send rogue app notification
Publisher description: The hackers alerted the fashion giant's customers through a push notification that said they had "fully compromised" the company's cloud storage.
TechCrunch | Oct 8, 2026 | Zack Whittaker
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UK fashion retail giant Asos has confirmed a data breach of its customers’ personal information after hackers used the company’s own app to notify users that the company had been compromised. Asos said in a filing with the London Stock Exchange that hackers broke into a third-party platform hosting data that the company uses to communicate with customers. The hackers also access customer names, email addresses, and phone numbers, among other data, during the breach.
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