Someone went shopping in ASUS's eShop – for customer data
REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); There is at least some good news for anyone who has handed Asus their card details. The company said no payment card, bank account, or other financial information was involved in the breach. In December, Asus confirmed that one of its suppliers had been hacked after the Everest ransomware gang claimed to have pinched 1 TB of data from itself, ArcSoft, and Qualcomm.
- ▪REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('labrador/thereg/article/desktop/b'); }); There is at least some good news for anyone who has handed Asus their card details.
- ▪The company said no payment card, bank account, or other financial information was involved in the breach.
- ▪In December, Asus confirmed that one of its suppliers had been hacked after the Everest ransomware gang claimed to have pinched 1 TB of data from itself, ArcSoft, and Qualcomm.
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| Original publisher | The Register |
| Canonical URL | https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/09/24/someone-went-shopping-in-asuss-eshop-for-customer-data/5298860 |
| Publication time | Thu, 24 Sep 2026 17:13:00 +0200 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-09-24T15:15:26.049Z |
| Last seen | 2026-09-24T15:15:26.049Z |
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| Summary | WeSearch · cerebras-chat (WeSearch summarizer) |
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| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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(function() { let windowUrl = window.location.href; windowUrl = windowUrl.substring(windowUrl.indexOf('?') + 1); let messageElement = document.querySelector('.shareableMessage'); if (windowUrl && windowUrl.includes('code') && windowUrl.includes('expires')) { messageElement.style.display = 'block'; } })(); security Someone went shopping in ASUS's eShop – for customer data Contact details and order records accessed, but PC maker is keeping schtum on how many customers are affected Carly Page Carly Page Published thu 24 Sep 2026 // 16:13 UTC READ MORE Academic publisher Elsevier hit by LAPSUS$ redirect attack 1 day ago Whisky merchant Master of Malt confirms customer data spilt 1 day ago Cybercrooks trawl Fishbrain to net password hashes 21 days ago Australian hotel chain leaks guests’ PII…
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