The data of an unknown number of Samsung customers were stolen from the company’s servers at the end of Julyas announced by the company itself in an official statement.
The information extracted from each client varies in each case. Samsung ensures that the data related to Social Security or bank cards have not been affected. However, the hackers yes they might be done with names, contact information, demographic data, dates of birth and product registration information.
This information it was extracted from some of the systems that Samsung has in the United States. The incident occurred at the end of July and, in early August, they determined following an internal investigation that the information of an unknown number of clients had been affected. In principle, the incident should only affect customers with accounts registered in the United States.
Samsung ensures that it is contacting those people who have been affected by this security incident. If you haven’t received any email or communication from Samsung, you don’t have to worry.
However, as a general rule, it is always recommended to review recent account activity looking for possible unauthorized logins, using strong passwords and even activating two-step verification systems.
What is Samsung doing regarding it?
“We are committed to protecting the security and privacy of our customers. We have hired leading experts in cyber security and we are coordinating with the authorities,” says the company in a statement. “We will continue to work diligently to develop and implement immediate and long-term changes to further improve security across all of our systems.”
At the beginning of the year, Samsung was also the victim of a hack. Those responsible, on that occasion, were Fall, a group that also mined information from other tech companies like Nvidia. Specifically, almost 200 GB of confidential company data was extracted, including the source code of certain technologies developed by the company itself. What was not extracted, according to Samsung, was the information of its clients, which did remain safe.
