Security News > 2022 > September > Samsung discloses data breach after July hack

Electronics giant Samsung has confirmed a new data breach today after some of its U.S. systems were hacked to steal customer data.

Samsung later discovered on August 4 that customer personal information was accessed and exfiltrated out of its network.

While the attackers did not steal Social Security or credit card numbers during the breach, they snatched Samsung customers' names, contacts and demographic information, dates of birth, and product registration data.

"Samsung detected the incident and has taken actions to secure the affected systems. As part of our ongoing investigation, we have engaged a leading outside cybersecurity firm and are coordinating with law enforcement," Samsung said.

This is the second data breach Samsung confirmed since the start of the year, with the electronics giant saying in March that the data extortion group Lapsus$ breached its network and stole confidential information, including Galaxy devices' source code.

Samsung didn't reply to a request for more details regarding the July data breach when BleepingComputer reached out earlier today.

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