Samsung emailed some customers in the United States to inform them of a data breach, and also posted a news release on its website.
If you are a Samsung customer based in the U.S., you might have inadvertently fallen victim to a hacking incident. The South Korean electronics major recently sent emails to thousands of its U.S. customers notifying them about a possible security breach involving their servers. In the emailed statement — a copy of which has also appeared on the company’s support website — Samsung confirms that personal information belonging to come consumers may have been compromised during the hack which supposedly took place near the end of July 2022.
While a team of cybersecurity experts continues to investigate the incident, Samsung has notified law enforcement agencies about these developments. The Korean company came to know about the security breach during a routine investigation. Upon widening the scope of the investigation, it became apparent that personal information belonging to some of its customers was « affected » in the breach.
