{
  "id": 19165384,
  "title": "Who Gives A Crap? Hackers, apparently, after toilet paper maker's customer data exposed",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/who-gives-a-crap-hackers-apparently-after-toilet-paper-makers-19165384",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-09T14:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Register",
    "slug": "the-register",
    "url": "https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/11/09/who-gives-a-crap-hackers-apparently-after-toilet-paper-makers-customer-data-exposed/5308419"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Who Gives A Crap, a toilet paper manufacturer, recently discovered their customer data exposed following a hacker attack through a third-party software provider. This breach affected customers in the UK, US, and Australia, with their email informing the public of the unauthorized access. The exposed information included customers' names, email addresses, phone numbers, mailing addresses, and total spending with the company. Payment information, order details, and passwords remained secure, and no accounts were directly accessed, which provided some reassurance. The intruder accessed the supplier's systems on October 30, but the company was not made aware until November 6, raising questions about the delay. Exposed information could allow hackers to know customers' locations and their spending habits. While no misuse of the data was reported, Who Gives A Crap has taken steps to disconnect the provider from their systems, change access credentials, and warn customers about potential scam or phishing messages using their personal information. Australian customers were not affected by this incident, but no information was disclosed about the number of customers impacted or the identity of the software provider. The company is cooperating with relevant regulatory authorities in the UK, as required.",
  "summary": "UK shoppers caught up in third-party security mess, and nobody knows whether the data was flushed away",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}