UK online retailer ASOS shares drop on hack reports
After publishing: 4 headlines quietly rewritten4 changes
- The Guardian Worldseen 6 Oct, 14:56headline rewritten
Asos customers receive ‘hack’ notification threatening leakAsos customers receive ‘hack’ notification threatening to leak data - The Guardian Worldseen 6 Oct, 21:42headline rewritten
Asos customers receive ‘hack’ notification threatening to leak dataAsos warns customer data may be compromised after ‘unauthorised’ app access - ABC News (Australia)seen 6 Oct, 21:42headline rewritten
Asos app users sent 'hacked' message from online retailerCustomers' personal details may have been accessed in hack, Asos says - standard.co.ukseen 8 Oct, 19:31headline rewritten
Has ASOS been hacked? Customers sent alarming 'Snowflake' app alert - latest updatesASOS issues update after customers sent hacked notification
What it is about
Who published it, and when
9 reports left out of the cascade - too little in common with the story to place
How it spread - 19 original reports, 3 reprints
Tue, 6 October 2026
11 reports- Channel News Asia09:51first to report
- Channel News Asia09:51
- Channel News Asia09:51
- Le Figaro (France)10:33
Selon des médias britanniques, des clients de l’entreprise ont reçu une notification sur leur téléphone, via l’application, affirmant que l’entreprise avait été piratée
- ABC (Spain)11:05
El gigante británico de la moda online Asos ha sufrido, aparentemente, una brecha de seguridad y los hackers han amenazado con filtrar los datos en una notificación enviada a todos los usuarios de su aplicación. El efecto inmediato ha sido una caída en Bolsa cercana al 10%.El distribuidor de moda por internet fundado en el año 2000 que cuenta con una base de 16,4 millones de clientes ha sido hackeado en sus servidores Snowflake, una herramienta de almacenamiento de datos que usan múltiples...
- The Guardian World12:26edited after publishing ×2
previously
Asos customers receive ‘hack’ notification threatening to leak dataShares in fashion company fall nearly 10% after its app systems are accessed by ‘unidentified third party’ Asos is investigating unauthorised access to its app system after shoppers received a notification claiming hackers had “fully compromised” its data. The online fashion retailer said basic personal information including name and contact details might have been accessed by an unidentified third party but it did not believe payment card records or passwords had been compromised. Continue...
- ABC News (Australia)12:49edited after publishing
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Asos app users sent 'hacked' message from online retailer"Engage with us, or we will leak it," Asos shoppers warned in an alarming message sent from online retailer's app.
- Slobodna Dalmacija (Croatia)13:43
Poznati online trgovac ASOS našao se na meti hakera nakon što je dio njegovih korisnika danas kroz aplikaciju trgovine primio poruku u kojoj stoji da je trgovina bila hakirana, a to se odmah prelilo i na burze na kojima je dionica ove kompanije, izvještava Sky News, odmah pala 11 posto, prenosi Juta...
- standard.co.uk14:42edited after publishing
previously
Has ASOS been hacked? Customers sent alarming 'Snowflake' app alert - latest updatesASOS warns names and contact details of customers may have been accessed in ‘authorised activity’
- Der Spiegel (Germany)15:55
Das britische Unternehmen Amos untersucht derzeit einen unbefugten Zugriff auf sein App-System. Zuvor gab es für Kunden eine Benachrichtigung, in der behauptet wurde, Hacker hätten ihre Daten »vollständig kompromittiert«.
- goulburnpost.com.au22:54
Fashion company Asos has urged customers to disregard a phone alert sent to customers which said it had...
1 reprint
- yasstribune.com.au6 Oct, 22:54their copy
Wed, 7 October 2026
1 report- thedailymash.co.uk10:55
CYBER criminals are threatening to tell M&S all about your secret addiction to buying cheap fast fashion from ASOS.
Thu, 8 October 2026
4 reports- newburytoday.co.uk09:08
Customers received a phone alert on Tuesday saying the retailer had been hacked.
1 reprint
- newarkadvertiser.co.uk8 Oct, 09:08their copy
- Channel News Asia10:00
- Channel News Asia10:00
- The Guardian World13:54
Experts say breadth of data accessed could help attackers devise “highly convincing” phishing scams Business live – live updates Asos hackers gained access to millions of customers’ recent search histories as well as names, addresses and phone numbers, the online fashion retailer has revealed. Terms typed in by customers such as “glamorous wide fit” and “Asos petite” were in the data accessed in the cyber-attack, which emerged on Tuesday after app users received a notification titled “Asos...
Fri, 9 October 2026
1 report- govinfosecurity.com20:30
Fast-fashion retailer Asos' hacker claims to have stolen customer data by breaching a marketing tool called Simon AI, integrated with the victim's Snowflake
1 reprint
- bankinfosecurity.com9 Oct, 20:30their copy
Tue, 13 October 2026
2 reports- Channel News Asia05:37
- The Guardian World12:02
Cyber-attack on TFG London comes less than a week after online fashion seller Asos was hit by hackers Business live – latest updates The owner of Phase Eight, Hobbs and Whistles has said its websites and IT systems have been hit by a cyber-attack that may have compromised customers’ personal data. The South-African listed TFG London said it identified the “cybersecurity incident” at the three UK-based retail chains on Sunday. Its two other UK brands, Inside Story and White Stuff, are not...