A shopping notification became a warning nobody expected. On Tuesday, ASOS app users received a message titled “Asos hacked”, directing them to a Telegram channel. Two days later, the retailer confirmed that an unauthorised party had accessed customer information. Names and contact details were among the affected data. Shopping searches were also accessed, according to reporting by the BBC and The Guardian.
ASOS says payment card details and passwords were not accessed. Its latest update nevertheless leaves shoppers facing an uncomfortable question: what could someone do with the information that was exposed?
