{"id":64465,"date":"2022-09-03T03:22:56","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T03:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/samsung-says-customer-data-stolen-in-july-data-breach-techcrunch\/"},"modified":"2022-09-03T03:22:56","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T03:22:56","slug":"samsung-says-customer-data-stolen-in-july-data-breach-techcrunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/samsung-says-customer-data-stolen-in-july-data-breach-techcrunch\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung says customer data stolen in July data breach \u2013 TechCrunch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Electronics giant Samsung has confirmed a data breach affecting customers’ personal information.<\/p>\n

In a brief notice, Samsung said it discovered the security incident in late-July and that an \u201cunauthorized third party acquired information from some of Samsung’s US systems.\u201d The company said it determined customer data was compromised on August 4.<\/p>\n

Samsung said Social Security numbers and credit card numbers were not affected, but some customer information \u2014 name, contact and demographic information, date of birth, and product registration information \u2014 was taken.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe information affected for each relevant customer may vary. We are notifying customers to make them aware of this matter,\u201d said the statement.<\/p>\n

Samsung spokesperson Chris Langlois told TechCrunch by email via crisis firm Edelman that demographic data relates to customer information used for marketing and advertising, but didn’t specify what types of data this includes. Langlois added that registration data, provided by customers in order to access support and warranty information, includes product purchase date, model, and device ID.<\/p>\n

Langlois declined to say how many customers were affected or why it took Samsung more than a month to notify customers about the breach, which was announced just hours ahead of a US holiday weekend marking Labor Day.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven though the investigation is ongoing, we wanted to notify our customers to make them aware of this matter because we understand how important their privacy is,\u201d Langlois said.<\/p>\n

The company noted that it has taken steps to secure its systems and has brought in an unnamed third-party cybersecurity firm. Samsung said it was coordinating with law enforcement.<\/p>\n

This is the second time Samsung has confirmed a data breach this year. In March, the company admitted that the Lapsus$ hacking group \u2014 the same group that infiltrated Nvidia, Microsoft and T-Mobile \u2014 obtained and leaked almost 200 gigabytes of confidential data, including source code for various technologies and algorithms for biometric unlock operations.<\/p>\n\n

If you know more about Samsung’s data breach, get in touch via Signal at +1 646.755.8849 or via SecureDrop.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Electronics giant Samsung has confirmed a data breach affecting customers’ personal information. In a brief notice, Samsung said it discovered the security incident in late-July and that an \u201cunauthorized third party acquired information from some of Samsung’s US systems.\u201d The company said it determined customer data was compromised on August 4. Samsung said Social Security …<\/p>\n

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