Data theft on the Internet has developed into one billion -dollar business. One of the latest extensive Data clause Affects Samsung Electronics Germany – as well as its customers. Cyberdiebees were able to access the company’s support system and tap around 270,000 customer dates. A user with the pseudonym “Ghna” now offers the stolen data in an underground forum for the equivalent of two euros.
Data out of old access data
In addition to customer satisfaction tickets, the data records offered in the Darknet should contain sensitive information such as complete names, addresses, email addresses and order details-mainly data from the current year 2025. The IT security company Hudson rockwhich deals with the collection and analysis of such data thefts, connects the incident with an info-party infection from 2021. At that time, data thieves came to the registration data of an employee of Spectos GmbH, which operates customer experience platforms such as the Samsung Service ticket system (http://samsung-shop.spectos.com). The fact that the access data of the administrative account were apparently not changed for four years now favored the data theft.
That can happen Samsung customers
Samsung has not yet officially confirmed the incident. Customers who recently contacted the German support of the electronics group should be particularly vigilant. Cybercriminals could, for example, for real acting Phishing-attacks, fake warranty applications and Identity theft abuse.
