Samsung, a South Korean multinational electronics corporation, confirms that it was recently hacked in a note to its customers. The hack occurred only a few months ago.
On Friday, Samsung sent out an email in which it explained that a third party had successfully circumvented the company’s security measures. This is a worse case scenario than what happened with LastPass, as the company confirmed that user data was stolen in the breach.
According to the email, “…an unauthorized third party obtained information from some of Samsung’s US systems.” We discovered that certain customers’ personal information was compromised on or around August 4, 2022, as a result of our ongoing investigation.”
Here are 5 points to take from the Samsung hack
- These are the details of customers that have been stolen Name Contact details Demographic data Date of birth Product registration data
- Customers are advised to be alert to unsolicited emails, messages or phone calls that might use the stolen data as engagement leverage.
- Worried Samsung customers in the U.S. can also get a free credit report, and the information for this is contained in the advisory.
- Samsung says that no credit or debit card information was accessed, nor social security numbers, however, the extent of the data that was compromised is alarming.
- Only US customer’s data has been infected according to Samsung
