Security News > 2023 > September > Golf gear giant Callaway data breach exposes info of 1.1 million
Topgolf Callaway suffered a data breach at the start of August, which exposed the sensitive personal and account data of more than a million customers.
In a letter sent to impacted individuals on August 29, 2023, the company explains that an IT system incident that occurred on August 1st has affected the availability of its e-commerce services and exposed certain customer information to an unauthorized entity. This impacts customers of Callaway and its sub-brands Odyssey, Ogio, and Callaway Gold Preowned sites that all operate under the same business umbrella.
Finally, Callaway customers should be suspicious of communications requesting to share additional data and they should treat messages from unknown senders with as potentially malicious.
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