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Asos says customers’ names, contact details and search histories hacked

Briefing desk at Markets Brief (2026-10-08): Asos hackers gained access to millions of customers’ recent search histories as well as names, addresses and phone numbers, the online fashion retailer has… Primary source: original at The Guardian (theguardian.com).

Asos says customers’ names, contact details and search histories hacked

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 hacked” with a link to the Telegram messaging service.

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