Giant computer maker Dell faced a huge data breach after a cyber attacker stole information for approximately 49 million customers. Dell confirmed that the information stolen includes people’s names, postal addresses, and “Dell hardware and order information, including service tag, item description, date of order and related warranty information.” Dell did not disclose whether the incident was caused by malicious outsiders or inadvertent error.
According to Dell, the breached data did not include email addresses, telephone numbers, financial or payment information, or “any highly sensitive customer information.”
Dell seemes to have downplayed the impact of the breach in the message.
“We believe there is not a significant risk to our customers given the type of information involved,” Dell wrote in the email sent to affected customers.
As first reported by Daily Dark Web, a threat actor named Menelik tried to sell a Dell database on the Breach Forums hacking forum on April 28, 2024.
The threat actor said they stole data from Dell for “49 million customer and other information systems purchased from Dell between 2017-2024.”.
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