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Thousands of Aussies potentially caught up in data breach at popular online fashion company ASOS

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Strudwick, M., & Wong, B. (2026, October 7). Thousands of Aussies potentially caught up in data breach at popular online fashion company ASOS. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16188785/asos-data-breach-australia-customers-online-shopping-notification.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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ASOS, a popular British online fashion retailer among Australian customers, experienced a data breach where basic personal information of thousands of users might have been accessed by hackers. The incident occurred around 8 PM AEST when customers received a mobile notification from the attackers claiming they had compromised ASOS’s Snowflake cloud-based data platform. According to ASOS, there is no evidence that payment card details or passwords were affected.

Written by AI on 2026-10-07, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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On Tuesday morning, ASOS customers received a phone alert claiming the retailer had been hacked. The message included a link to a Telegram chat threatening to leak customer data unless ASOS engaged with the hackers. Snowflake, an online platform used for storing and analyzing large amounts of data, was cited as being compromised by the alleged attackers.

More than 400 customers reported issues on Downdetector, and ASOS's shares fell almost 12% on the London Stock Exchange. The company acknowledged the issue but stated that it did not believe payment card information or account passwords were impacted, though personal data such as names and contact details may have been accessed.

ASOS has 17 million customers in over 150 countries, with the UK being its largest market at 49% of revenues. The company is currently undergoing a major turnaround program to halt declining sales and return to profit. Previous high-profile retail hacks include those on Marks & Spencer and Harrods.

Cyber experts warn that these incidents create ideal conditions for phishing attacks, urging customers to be wary of potential follow-up communications from ASOS or any other suspicious emails or texts.

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Claims (8 extracted, 2 hedged)

A British online fashion giant known for its popularity with Aussies has confirmed it has suffered a data breach, with 'basic personal information' being compromised. asserted

information → know → breach

ASOS confirmed hackers may have accessed the information after customers received a mobile notification at about 8pm AEST threatening to leak data. uncertain

customers → confirm → data

'Dear ASOS DPO and IT, we have fully compromised the Snowflake instance. asserted

we → compromise → instance

Engage with us, or we will leak it asserted

we → engage → it

,' the notification read. asserted

notification → read → ?

Snowflake is a cloud-based data platform which allows businesses to store data. asserted

businesses → base → data

In a statement issued after the ‘unauthorised’ notification was sent, ASOS said that it did not believe ‘payment card details or passwords were impacted’. asserted

details → issue → statement

A British online fashion giant known for its popularity with Aussies has confirmed it has suffered a data breach, with 'basic personal information' being compromised ASOS confirmed hackers may have assessed the information after customers received a mobile notification at about 8pm AEST seemingly threatening to leak their data uncertain

customers → know → data

Thousands of Aussies potentially caught up in data breach at popular online fashion company ASOS

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