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Security incidents and defences at retailers and e-commerce companies that hold large volumes of customer and payment data.
Attackers who threatened millions of Asos customers got into its Snowflake-hosted data by posing as an employee's trusted contact, City AM reports. Its report names ShinyHunters for H&M alone among Asos, H&M and TFG, so a shared method across the three is unconfirmed.
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Coopérative U CEO Dominique Schelcher confirmed on October 12 that a cyber-attack hit refrigeration at several of its stores from October 11. The Danfoss link, the loss figures and the other chains named come from press reports, and Danfoss was asked for comment.
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TFG London identified a cybersecurity incident on Sunday 11 October that hit IT systems at Phase Eight, Hobbs and Whistles. TFG says it has no reason to believe payment information is at risk, and the Independent counts it as the second UK retailer hack in a week.
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Asos said hackers obtained an employee's login by posing as a trusted contact, then reached customer names and contact details on third-party platforms. The shares fell on the hackers' app alert two days before Asos explained it. For a board, that puts staff checks and disclosure speed inside the same risk.
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Group-IB found the Telegram channel in ASOS's October 6 rogue push alert was opened that day by an account once used for gaming-item trading. Until data surfaces, the Snowflake claim is unproven and the abused messaging platform is the lead to work.
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