Asos hit by extortion hack, customer data possibly compromised

UK fashion retailer Asos is investigating unauthorized activity on third-party notification platforms after customers received push alerts claiming its Snowflake cloud instance was compromised. The company said names and contact information may have been accessed, but payment details and passwords were not affected.

• Hackers sent push notifications to Asos customers threatening a data leak
• The attack targeted the third-party cloud service Snowflake
• Names and contact info may have been accessed; payment data is safe
• Asos restricted access to notification platforms and launched an investigation