Samsung Data Breach Notification

[RetiredAndLovingIt]

I got an e-mail from them this morning.

Dear Valued Customer,

At Samsung, security is a top priority. We are reaching out to inform you that Samsung recently discovered a cybersecurity incident that affected some of your information.

In late July 2022, an unauthorized third party acquired information from some of Samsung's U.S. systems. On or around August 4, 2022, we determined through our ongoing investigation that personal information of certain customers was affected.

We have taken actions to secure the affected systems, and have engaged a leading outside cybersecurity firm and are coordinating with law enforcement. We want to assure our customers that the issue did not impact Social Security numbers or credit and debit card numbers, but in some cases, may have affected information such as name, contact and demographic information, date of birth, and product registration information. The information affected for each relevant customer may vary.

More info at this link.


https://www.samsung.com/us/support/securityresponsecenter/

 

[RetMD21]

These alerts are pretty much routine unfortunately. I got a compromised password notification from Google today. Fortunately it was just for some WiFi network that I don't need or recall.

 

[Lewis Clark]

There needs to be some real consequences for these entities who suffer data breeches. I'm sure data protection is challenging. And I am equally confident that most of these entities could be doing a better job.