Samsung US Data Breach: Customer Personal Information Compromised—How Many Are Affected?

Samsung announced to the world that its US computer systems suffered from a data breach earlier in July and lasted until around early August, with a significant amount of data being accessed by unknown assailants. The company admitted that personal information from the company's servers was accessed by the threat actors and compromised from the company.

Samsung US Data Breach: Personal Information Access

A Samsung support document revealed that the company recently faced an attack in late July, with the South Korean tech company not revealing specific details regarding who or what accessed its systems. Samsung only said much as to say that between late July and August 4, the company experienced access to its systems before it identified that it was already affected.

Here, Samsung further explained that some personal information from customers and users was accessed, including items such as names, contact information, demographics, birth dates, and product registration information.

The company further claimed that no other data got compromised during the said attack, assuring the public that information such as Social Security numbers and credit or debit card data are safe.

Samsung Data Breach: How Many Are Affected?

The news is a massive security issue for Samsung now, and reports have no further information regarding the threat actors involved in the case or what kind of attack these concerned individuals used for the access. Samsung did not reveal how many customers were affected by the attack.

According to CNET, Samsung is in the process of notifying affected users of the attack, also detailing which of their data was compromised.

Security Issues from Tech Companies

One of the most recent breaches shared by companies to its customers was from DoorDash, a known food delivery system in the United States that recently saw an attack on its third-party partner. The company said that its systems were compromised due to a phishing campaign that its partner suffered from, not something from the company itself.

The company admitted that through the phishing attack, an unknown organization stole personal information, but no sensitive data got accessed by threat actors.

Many phishing campaigns surfaced in the tech industry now, and there were many attacks against different companies which targeted user or customer information by accessing the company's systems. A threat named "0ktapus" managed to trap 30 companies with its malicious systems that stole customer data, including companies like Signal and DoorDash.

It only shows that attacks against tech companies are a massive campaign now, and it aims to gather customer and user information for unknown reasons, which threat actors may use for their gain. Samsung is the latest victim of the recent attack now, and the company only admitted this breach more than a month later, claiming that it had already worked on ways to secure systems within the company's database.

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Written by Isaiah Richard