SAMSUNG CONFIRMS DATA BREACH FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS YEAR
On Friday, Samsung confirmed that the company has experienced a data breach, which is the second time this year. Samsung acknowledged the impact of the data breach varies from each customer. Among the data that may have been exposed is contact information, product, credit, and debit card details of affected customers. Samsung confirmed this data breach did not include Social Security Numbers.
The first data breach was reported by Samsung in March where Samsung found that an authorized entity attacked the internal data of the company and believed that the information of their employees was solely impacted during this attack; however, on August 4th, 2022, Samsung announced that some of its customers data was also impacted by the cyberattack.
What this Means
When a site is breached, your personal information can be accessed by hackers and can be made publicly available on the internet. Any information of a person has a chance to be exposed, no matter how secure the site can be.
How to Protect Yourself
There is no guaranteed way to prevent identity theft, however, there are certain actions you can take to help protect yourself and limit your risk. Change all your passwords periodically, check your credit card and bank statements consistently, and use a credit monitoring service. Using these precautionary steps may help to reduce your risk of identity theft. Follow us on social media for future data breach alerts.
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