10 days ago
'Asos hacked': Thousands of customers receive shock phone alert
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. BleepingComputer, Yorkshire Post, The Guardian UK, 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. 15 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “'Asos hacked': Thousands of customers receive shock phone alert”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Asos has said it is investigating “unauthorised activity” involving a third-party platform after customers were sent a phone alert saying the online retailer had been hacked.
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
- New development reported by Yorkshire Post
'Asos hacked': Thousands of customers receive shock phone alert
- Picked up by The Guardian UK
Asos customers receive ‘hack’ notification threatening to leak data
- Picked up by The Guardian UK
- Picked up by Chronicle Live
Thousands of ASOS customers sent 'hacked' message threatening information leak
- Picked up by Manchester Evening News
ASOS issues statement after 'hack' as threatening notification sent to millions of customers
- New development reported by Yorkshire Post
Asos says customer data may have been accessed after ‘unauthorised activity’
- 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
8 headlinesEach line is that outlet's headline. The article stays on the publisher's site.
- BleepingComputerASOS confirms data breach after “HACKED” in-app notifications
- Yorkshire PostAsos says customer data may have been accessed after ‘unauthorised activity’
- The GuardianAsos customers receive ‘hack’ notification threatening to leak data
- 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
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- Chronicle LiveASOS 'hacked' with customers sent 'we will leak it' notification
- Manchester Evening NewsASOS hacked as customers sent threatening message