Samsung Confirms Major Data Breach Affects Users In This Country: All Details
1 year, 1 month ago

Samsung Confirms Major Data Breach Affects Users In This Country: All Details

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Samsung has been in the news for a concerning development related to its customers in the UK. The company has confirmed a data breach in its UK division that has reportedly exposed the personal details of people who bought from Samsung in the region. Samsung doesn’t share the name of the affected app which caused this breach, nor do we know what kind of access the attackers got by exposing the personal data of Samsung’s customers. It goes without saying that people whose details have been exposed should be extra careful about checking their emails as these attackers could try methods like phishing to get personal and bank details to steal money and even push dangerous malware via attachments. Samsung assures that only the select customers in the UK were affected by the breach, and none of its global markets have been caught exposed by the incident.

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