Security News > 2023 > November > Samsung hit by new data breach impacting UK store customers
Samsung Electronics is notifying some of its customers of a data breach that exposed their personal information to an unauthorized individual.
The company says that the cyberattack impacted only customers who made purchases from the Samsung UK online store between July 1, 2019, and June 30, 2020.
Samsung discovered the data breach two days ago, on November 13, and determined that it was the result of a hacker exploiting a vulnerability in a third-party application the company used.
A Samsung spokesperson told BleepingComputer that the company was recently alerted of a cybersecurity incident that is limited to the UK region and does not affect data belonging to customers in the U.S., employees, or retailers.
"We were recently alerted to a cybersecurity incident, which resulted in certain contact information of some Samsung UK e-store customers being unlawfully obtained. No financial data, such as bank or credit card details, or customer passwords, were impacted. The incident is limited to the UK and does not affect U.S. customers, employees or retailer data" - Samsung.
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