{"id":13826,"date":"2022-09-03T14:50:30","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T14:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/09\/03\/samsung-says-a-data-breach-revealed-some-customers-names-birthdays-and-more\/"},"modified":"2022-09-03T14:50:31","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T14:50:31","slug":"samsung-says-a-data-breach-revealed-some-customers-names-birthdays-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/09\/03\/samsung-says-a-data-breach-revealed-some-customers-names-birthdays-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung says a data breach revealed some customers\u2019 names, birthdays, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/9\/2\/23334580\/samsung-data-breach-us-names-birthdays-contact-info\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/9\/2\/23334580\/samsung-data-breach-us-names-birthdays-contact-info<\/a><br \/>\n<code><br \/><\/br><\/code><\/p>\n<div readability=\"62.5925473427\">\n<p id=\"swTEOp\">Samsung is <a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/notice-us-customer-information-cybersecurity\/\">warning customers<\/a> about a cybersecurity incident in July, where \u201can unauthorized third party acquired information from some of Samsung\u2019s U.S. systems,\u201d including things like names, birthdays, contact info, and product registration information. The company says it discovered the breach on August 4th, and is currently investigating it with \u201ca leading outside cybersecurity firm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"5uPyo1\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/support\/securityresponsecenter\/\">the company\u2019s FAQ<\/a> about the incident, it\u2019s sending emails to customers who were specifically affected, and it will continue doing so as its investigation progresses. Samsung says that not everybody will have had the same info leaked. The company didn\u2019t immediately reply to <em>The Verge<\/em>\u2019s request for comment on which of its systems were specifically affected.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-float-right\">\n<aside id=\"VX7KcC\"><q>The company\u2019s FAQ includes a reminder that you can get a free credit report each year<\/q><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"LKnhys\">While the company says that no Social Security numbers or debit \/ credit card numbers were taken, the type of info that the hackers did end up getting can be very useful in social engineering attacks on other services you use. If you\u2019ve been putting off activating two-factor authentication on some important accounts, it\u2019s probably not a bad idea to get it done as soon as you can.<\/p>\n<p id=\"sPupPV\">Samsung says that at the moment you don\u2019t have to change your password, or take any specific steps to keep your Samsung products or accounts safe, as \u201cconsumer devices were not affected in connection with this incident.\u201d However, the company does recommend keeping an eye out for any unusual activity on your account, and being extra vigilant when it comes to phishing emails. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><code><br \/><\/br><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/9\/2\/23334580\/samsung-data-breach-us-names-birthdays-contact-info\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/9\/2\/23334580\/samsung-data-breach-us-names-birthdays-contact-info<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Samsung is warning customers about a cybersecurity incident in July, where \u201can unauthorized third party acquired information from some of Samsung\u2019s U.S. systems,\u201d including things like names, birthdays, contact info, and product registration information. The company says it discovered the breach on August 4th, and is currently investigating it with \u201ca leading outside cybersecurity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,8],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-13826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech","category-technology","tag-tech"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Samsung says a data breach revealed some customers\u2019 names, birthdays, and more - Science and Nerds<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/scienceandnerds.com\/2022\/09\/03\/samsung-says-a-data-breach-revealed-some-customers-names-birthdays-and-more\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Samsung says a data breach revealed some customers\u2019 names, birthdays, and more - Science and Nerds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Source: Samsung is warning customers about a cybersecurity incident in July, where \u201can unauthorized third party acquired information from some of Samsung\u2019s U.S. systems,\u201d including things like names, birthdays, contact info, and product registration information. 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