Samsung Says Customer Data Stolen in July Data Breach (techcrunch.com) 7
U.S. electronics giant Samsung has confirmed a data breach affecting customers' personal information. From a report: In a brief notice, Samsung said it discovered the security incident in late-July and that an "unauthorized third party acquired information from some of Samsung's U.S. systems." The company said it determined customer data was compromised on August 4. 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.
This is fantastic! (Score:1)
3rd party outsourced CS vendor did it? (Score:2)
3rd party outsourced CS vendor did it?
SSN ? (Score:3)
What ? Samsung has Social Security Numbers ??? This must trigger an in depth investigation.
Re:SSN ? (Score:4, Informative)
What ? Samsung has Social Security Numbers ???
Likely they have SSNs on anyone who has ever needed a credit check, such as someone who made a purchase using Samsung Financing... you know, like me.
Or to put it another way... Great. Here we go again. (Sigh.)
The hackers already have my info (Score:3)
"hackers" (Score:2)
It wouldn't surprise me one bit to find out that "hackers" was really someone on a service desks who exported a CRM database with intention to sell.
I got the email from them (Score:2)
And I seriously suspect this breach is connected to the large volume of spam I've been getting the last few weeks. It started out of the blue.
"Dear Valued Customer,
At Samsung, security is a top priority. We are reaching out to inform you that Samsung recently discovered a cybersecurity incident that affected some of your information.
In late July 2022, an unauthorized third party acquired information from some of Samsung's U.S. systems. On or around August 4, 2022, we determined through our ongoing investiga