The UK division of Samsung Electronics has allegedly alerted customers of a year-long data security breach – the third such incident the South Korean giant has experienced around the world in the past two years.
A spokesperson from Samsung said that the company was “recently alerted to a security incident” that “resulted in certain contact information of some Samsung UK e-store customers being unlawfully obtained”. The incident was limited to the UK region and does not affect data belonging to customers in the US, its employees, or retailers.
In a statement posted on X (formerly Twitter), Samsung said:
“On 13 November 2023, it was determined that an unauthorised individual exploited a vulnerability in a third-party business application we use, and that some personal information of certain customers who made purchases on SEUK’s eCommerce site between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020, was affected”.
Samsung told affected customers that hackers may have accessed their names, phone numbers, postal addresses and email addresses. “No financial data, such as bank or credit card details or customer passwords, were impacted,” Samsung’s spokesperson said.
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