10 days ago
Asos says customer data accessed by hacker posing as trusted contact

What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. The Guardian UK, ABC Australia, Yorkshire Post, and STV News are the outlets attached to this story. The first report grouped here was at 6 Oct 2026, 09:26 UTC. 7 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Asos says customer data accessed by hacker posing as trusted contact”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Customers are told payment details and passwords were not compromised when employee account was breached Business live – live updates Hackers gained access to Asos customer names and contact details by impersonating a “trusted contact” to gain access to one of its employee’s accounts, the retailer has said.
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by STV News
- New development reported by STV News
ASOS users receive ‘hacked’ notification warning bosses of ‘leak’
- New development reported by Yorkshire Post
'Asos hacked': Thousands of customers receive shock phone alert
- Picked up by ABC Australia
Customers' personal details may have been accessed in hack, Asos says
- New development reported by ABC Australia
- Picked up by Yorkshire Post
Asos says customer data may have been accessed after ‘unauthorised activity’
- Picked up by The Guardian UK
Asos says customer data accessed by hacker posing as trusted contact
Same story, different outlets
4 headlinesEach line is that outlet's headline. The article stays on the publisher's site.