Asos investigating if client data base is compromised: Report
Fashion giant Asos is investigating a potential hack of its app, reported The Guardian.com, after users were sent a notification with the claim that the data on the platform had been ‘fully compromised’. Besides an upset clientele, the brand also saw a swift dip in its stocks on the London Stock Exchange; there was a 14 per cent plunge after a notification claiming ‘Asos hacked’ popped up on…
Asos is investigating the possibility that its client database may have been compromised, according to a report by The Guardian.com. Users of the fashion brand's app were recently sent a notification alleging that the platform's data had been "fully compromised". This announcement caused a significant reaction, with the company's stocks experiencing a 14% drop on the London Stock Exchange shortly after the notification appeared on users' screens, displaying a link to a Telegram account operated by the cyber gang Xuanye.
In response to the situation, Asos is currently conducting an investigation to determine if its platforms have indeed been hacked. The notification that sparked the investigation stated, "Dear Asos DPO [data protection officer] and IT, we have fully compromised the Snowflake instance." Snowflake is a cloud-based platform that stores and processes crucial data, including financial transactions and demographic information, which is then used for push notifications to registered users.
Dray Agha, senior manager of security operations at Huntress, an online security firm, commented on the matter, stating to The Guardian: "Snowflake is a massive cloud database where retailers typically store sensitive customer information – it is a real worry if cyber criminals have indeed accessed it as they claim." The push notification from the users suggests that the attackers may have breached the systems controlling the Asos mobile app as well.
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