On November 13, 2023, Samsung discovered that they had suffered a data breach earlier in the year that was the result of a hacker exploiting a vulnerability in a third-party application the company used. The company reported that the cyberattack impacted only customers who made purchases from the Samsung UK online store.

The notification to their customers said that the exposed data may include names, phone numbers, postal and email addresses. The company, however, claims that credentials or financial information of the impacted customers remains unaffected by the incident.

In March this year, the data extortion group Lapsus$ had breached Samsung’s network and stolen confidential information, including source code for Galaxy smartphones. Read more about this story on our LinkedIn page