Customers are told payment details and passwords were not compromised when employee account was breached<ul><li><a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/oct/08/oil-prices-rise-shipping-attacks-rate-rise-uk-housing-market-bank-england-latest-live-updates”>Business live live updates</li></ul>Hackers gained access to Asos customer names and contact details by impersonating a “trusted contact” to gain access to one of its employee’s accounts, the retailer has said.Thousands of users of the online fashion seller’s app <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/06/asos-hack-notification-website-app”>received a notification on Tuesday titled “Asos hacked” with a link to the Telegram messaging service, sending its shares diving by about 10%. <a href=”https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/08/asos-customer-data-accessed-hacker-posing-impersonated”>Continue reading…
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