Asos warns customers about full extent of data breach after BBC contacted by hackers
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Names, addresses, phone numbers, emails and customer numbers are now in the hands of cyber criminals.
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A cluttered dressing room at Asos, with mannequins wearing clothes and a computer screen displaying a message: 'Your personal data is out there. Please continue shopping.'
Caption: Privacy? More like 'pry-everywhere'.
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Based on the original story on bbc.co.uk.
Editor's note
As if yet another data breach wasn’t déjà vu enough, ASOS’s tardy warning highlights the ongoing negligence in corporate cybersecurity. It’s high time companies stop treating customer data like it’s a necessary evil and start seeing it as the sacred trust it truly is.
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Panel 1
*Setting: A modest bedroom with a small desk cluttered with books and a laptop. The character, a young woman named Lily, is sitting at the desk, looking stressed and holding a letter from ASOS.* *Lily (to herself):* I got a letter from ASOS today. This can't be good.
Panel 2
*Setting: The same bedroom, with Lily now on her laptop, reading an email from ASOS. Her face shows a mix of worry and disbelief.* *Lily (reading aloud):* *Lily (to herself):* Oh no, not my phone number! How am I going to get through life without a secret phone number?
Lily: We are writing to inform you that your personal data has been compromised. Hackers have your name, address, phone number, and email.
Panel 3
*Setting: The same bedroom, but now Lily is holding her phone and looking at a notification from a hacker group on her laptop screen. She has a resigned, exasperated look on her face.* *Lily (to herself):* And now they're messaging me? Seriously, what’s next? A personal data consulting call? *Notification on laptop screen:*
Notification: Hey, we have your data. Can we be friends?
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