Samsung was hacked: personal data of users of its products was stolen
Samsung admitted that in July its servers were hacked and hackers stole users’ personal data. The South Korean tech giant issued a brief statement announcing the incident, noting ‘illegal access to user data on some U.S. Samsung servers by an unauthorized third party.’
On August 4, Samsung learned that the data of some of the company’s users had been compromised. At the same time, the company notes that information about users’ credit card numbers did not fall into the hands of hackers. This is just some personal data — name, date of birth, demographic data, contact information, and Samsung product registration data.
‘The amount of compromised information for each individual user may be different. We are now informing them of what happened,’ the company said in a statement.
In a conversation with TechCrunch, a representative of Samsung explained that the company understands demographic data as information used for marketing purposes. However, he explained exactly what types of data are included. He added that user registration data provided by Samsung customers to access technical support and warranty service includes information on the purchase date of a particular product, device model, and device ID numbers. At the same time, he refused to say how many Samsung users could eventually be affected by the hacker attack on the company’s servers, and also did not comment on why the manufacturer did not notify its consumers for so long.
This is the second hacking of Samsung servers this year. In March, the South Korean giant was attacked by the hacker group Lapsus $. These hackers also carried out attacks on NVIDIA, Microsoft, and T-Mobile. In total, the attackers stole almost 200 GB of sensitive information from the South Korean electronics manufacturer, including data on new technologies and algorithms for biometric control systems.
