10 days ago
Asos customers receive ‘hack’ notification threatening to leak data
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a markets story. The Guardian Business, BleepingComputer, Liverpool Echo, BBC Business, Bristol Post, Chronicle Live, and Manchester Evening News are the outlets attached to this story. The first report grouped here was at 6 Oct 2026, 09:40 UTC. 16 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Asos customers receive ‘hack’ notification threatening to leak data”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Shares in fashion company fall nearly 10% after its app systems are accessed by ‘unidentified third party’ Asos is investigating unauthorised access to its app system after shoppers received a notification claiming hackers had “fully compromised” its data. The online fashion retailer said basic personal information including name and contact…
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by Manchester Evening News
- Picked up by Chronicle Live
ASOS 'hacked' with customers sent 'we will leak it' notification
- Picked up by Bristol Post
ASOS 'hacked' with customers sent 'we will leak it' notification
- New development reported by BBC Business
ASOS app users receive notifications from hackers in apparent breach
- Picked up by BBC Business
ASOS app users receive push notifications apparently sent by hackers
- Picked up by Liverpool Echo
Live updates as ASOS 'hacked' as customers receive eerie notification
- Picked up by The Guardian UK
- Picked up by The Guardian UK
Asos customers receive ‘hack’ notification threatening to leak data
- Picked up by Chronicle Live
Thousands of ASOS customers sent 'hacked' message threatening information leak
- Picked up by The Guardian Business
Asos customers receive ‘hack’ message threatening to leak personal data
- New development reported by The Guardian Business
Asos warns customer data may be compromised after ‘unauthorised’ app access
- Picked up by Manchester Evening News
ASOS issues statement after 'hack' as threatening notification sent to millions of customers
- severity changed
The assessed event severity changed.
- Picked up by BleepingComputer
ASOS confirms data breach after “HACKED” in-app notifications
- Picked up by BBC News UK
Asos confirms hackers sent 'unauthorised' notification to app users
- Picked up by Liverpool Echo
Asos apologises to customers after 'hacked' message sent out through mobile app
Same story, different outlets
7 headlinesEach line is that outlet's headline. The article stays on the publisher's site.
- The GuardianAsos warns customer data may be compromised after ‘unauthorised’ app access
- BleepingComputerASOS confirms data breach after “HACKED” in-app notifications
- Liverpool EchoLive updates as ASOS 'hacked' as customers receive eerie notification
- BBCASOS app users receive notifications from hackers in apparent breach
- Bristol PostASOS 'hacked' with customers sent 'we will leak it' notification
- Chronicle LiveASOS 'hacked' with customers sent 'we will leak it' notification
View all 7 headlines
- Manchester Evening NewsASOS hacked as customers sent threatening message