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

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What happened

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 number…

Key facts

  • 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 number…
  • Reported by The Guardian and published Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:54:58 UTC.

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  1. Asos hackers took more personal details than first revealed, BBC finds

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

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