Cyberattack on Samsung compromises personal information of US users

Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority

• Samsung was hit by a cyberattack in late July.
• On August 4, the company found that the cyberattack had compromised the personal information of some of its customers.
• The attack may have revealed customer names, contact and demographic information, date of birth, and product registration information.

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If you’re a Samsung customer in the United States, then you may have been impacted by a recent security breach of the company.

Today, Samsung has announced on its support page that its US-based systems have experienced a cybersecurity incident. It appears that in late July, an unauthorized third party managed to acquire certain personal information of some of the company’s customers according to Samsung.

via Android Authority https://www.androidauthority.com