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ASOS app users got a weird push notification ‘from hackers’

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Hackers appear to have used the ASOS app to send a push notification to shoppers’ phones. It was really a message to ASOS itself: they claimed to have broken into the company’s data and threatened to leak it unless ASOS got in touch. Receiving it doesn’t by itself mean your phone has been hacked.

The move Don’t tap anything in a weird notification — check the company’s official site or socials yourself before you act, and learn to tell real from fake.
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