Online fashion retailer Asos has confirmed a cyberattack exposed millions of customer records, including recent search terms alongside names, addresses, and phone numbers. While card details and passwords remained secure, the breach involved internal search queries such as clothing preferences, raising concerns over privacy. Users were alerted via an app notification directing them to a Telegram message for updates. The incident underscores growing risks of data exposure in e-commerce platforms.
Hackers gained access to millions of users’ personal data, but not card details or passwords, Asos saysBusiness live – live updatesAsos hackers gained access to millions of customers’ recent search histories as well as names, addresses and phone numbers, the online fashion retailer has revealed.Terms typed in by customers such as “glamorous wide fit” and “Asos petite” were in the data accessed in the cyber attack, which emerged on Tuesday after app users received a notification titled “Asos hacked” with a link to the Telegram messaging service. Continue reading...
