ASOS app users receive notifications from hackers in apparent breach

THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT KEEPS ME UP BECAUSE DOZENS OF RANDOM ASOS SHOPPERS ARE SUDDENLY GETTING PUSH NOTIFICATIONS LITERALLY ON THEIR PHONES THAT LOOK LIKE HACKER RANSOM NOTES WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE ASOS CUSTOMERS ARE JUST TRYING TO BUY SHOES AND SUDDENLY THEY ARE READING MESSAGES ADDRESSED TO THE COMPANY IT DEPARTMENT ABOUT COMPROMISING SOME SNOWFLAKE DATA SERVICE, SO APPARENTLY THE HACKERS ARE TRYING TO EXTORT ASOS BY SCARING THEIR USERS, WHICH IS SO MESSY BECAUSE NOBODY EVEN KNOWS IF ASOS ACTUALLY USES THAT DATA SERVICE OR WHAT DATA IS EVEN INVOLVED SINCE THE COMPANY ISN'T SAYING MUCH YET, BUT SNOWFLAKE HAS HAD ISSUES BEFORE WITH TICKETMASTER AND SANTANDER, SO NOW EVERYONE IS JUST STARING AT THEIR PHONES WONDERING IF THEY ARE ABOUT TO GET LEAKED. OK I HAVE TO SIT DOWN AFTER THAT ONE.

SORRY BUT THIS IS GENUINELY INSANE BECAUSE ASOS USERS ARE GETTING HACKER RANSOM DEMANDS POPPING UP ON THEIR SCREENS TELLING THE ASOS IT TEAM TO ENGAGE OR ELSE DATA GETS LEAKED WHICH IS SUCH A WEIRD WAY TO CONDUCT EXTORTION, AND THE THING IS NOBODY KNOWS IF THE COMPANY EVEN USES THAT SNOWFLAKE DATA PLATFORM OR WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING BEHIND THE SCENES, LIKE IS THE DATA GONE? IS IT JUST A SCARE TACTIC? NOBODY HAS A CLUE BUT THE FACT THAT IT CAME THROUGH THE ACTUAL SHOPPING APP IS WHAT MAKES IT SO SCARY FOR EVERYONE JUST TRYING TO BROWSE FOR CLOTHES IN THE UK, LIKE IMAGINE OPENING YOUR APP AND SEEING A THREAT TO THE DATA PROTECTION OFFICER INSTEAD OF A NEW PAIR OF JEANS. ANYWAY WHOSE ROUND IS IT?

ASOS customers in the UK are receiving strange pop-up notifications on their app that appear to be ransom messages from hackers targeting the company's IT department regarding the platform Snowflake.

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