{
  "id": 12378694,
  "title": "Asos app delivers a data leak threat instead of fast fashion",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/asos-app-delivers-a-data-leak-threat-instead-of-fast-fashion-12378694",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-06T11:51:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Register",
    "slug": "the-register",
    "url": "https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/06/asos-app-delivers-a-data-leak-threat-instead-of-fast-fashion/5301332"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Asos users have been receiving suspicious app notifications claiming a data breach at the company's Snowflake instance, threatening to leak customer information if their demands are not met. The notification urged ASOS's data protection officer and IT team to contact them, or else the data would be exposed. The Register has reached out to Asos and Snowflake for comment. It is uncertain how the message was sent, but the incident has led to a 12 percent drop in Asos' share price, which has since recovered. Snowflake, a cloud platform used by various organizations such as Ticketmaster, Santander, and AT&T, experienced a major data breach in 2024 involving over 165 companies and the exposure of billions of customer records, resulting in millions of dollars in ransom payments. Connor Riley Moucka, a 26-year-old from Ontario, pleaded guilty to various computer-related crimes related to this hacking spree and has since contributed to Snowflake implementing stricter security measures, including the requirement of multi-factor authentication for administrators.",
  "summary": "Rogue notification claims Snowflake instance compromised, but customer info theft remains unverified",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "UK online retailer ASOS shares drop on hack reports",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/uk-online-retailer-asos-shares-drop-on-hack-reports",
        "published": "2026-10-06T09:51:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "City AM",
        "title": "Asos shares crater after hackers threaten data leak",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/asos-shares-crater-after-hackers-threaten-data-leak",
        "published": "2026-10-06T09:52:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Register Science",
        "title": "Asos app delivers a data leak threat instead of fast fashion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/asos-app-delivers-a-data-leak-threat-instead-of-fast-fashion",
        "published": "2026-10-06T11:51:36.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}