ASOS users hit with alarming hack warning from official app
Thousands of users received a shocking notification claiming hackers had breached ASOS systems and were threatening to leak data - sent on the company's own app.
UK fashion company ASOS has reportedly suffered a hack, leaving its customers receiving strange pop-up messages within their official app. According to the BBC, hackers have taken control of certain parts of ASOS's systems and are using these messages to warn the company. One such message reads: "Dear ASOS DPO and IT, we have fully compromised the Snowflake instance.
Engage with us, or we will leak it." This message has been shared on X, now Twitter, by a user who posted a screenshot. The incident appears to be widespread, with numerous people reporting receiving similar messages. Snowflake is a data storage company that ASOS may use, though ASOS's official website does not list it among its partners.
ASOS has not issued any statements about the hack through its official channels. Mashable has reached out to the company for a response. In the meantime, ASOS app users are advised not to use the app and certainly not to click on the link in the pop-up message. This link directs users to a Telegram channel belonging to a group known as the Xuanye Group, which has documented hacking ASOS.
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