Upgradable Laptop Maker Framework Suffers Breach Affecting All Customers
A hacker breached upgradable laptop maker Framework Computer and accessed a customer database. The San Francisco PC maker began notifying customers on Thursday, saying the breach exposed “customer names, email addresses, phone numbers, and [shipping] addresses,” but not order or payment information. The breach occurred through a third-party company called Metabase, which uses AI to deliver “business intelligence” to its 100,000+ clients, which include McDonald's and Capital One.
- ▪A hacker breached upgradable laptop maker Framework Computer and accessed a customer database.
- ▪The San Francisco PC maker began notifying customers on Thursday, saying the breach exposed “customer names, email addresses, phone numbers, and [shipping] addresses,” but not order or payment information.
- ▪The breach occurred through a third-party company called Metabase, which uses AI to deliver “business intelligence” to its 100,000+ clients, which include McDonald's and Capital One.
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| Publication time | Fri, 07 Aug 26 16:26:11 +0000 |
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A hacker breached upgradable laptop maker Framework Computer and accessed a customer database. The San Francisco PC maker began notifying customers on Thursday, saying the breach exposed “customer names, email addresses, phone numbers, and [shipping] addresses,” but not order or payment information. The breach occurred through a third-party company called Metabase, which uses AI to deliver “business intelligence” to its 100,000+ clients, which include McDonald's and Capital One. The hacker used a previously unknown “zero-day” vulnerability in the Metabase Cloud system affecting versions 1.58 and above. “We also discovered that the attacker was able to gain access to your instance,” Metabase told Framework on Thursday morning.
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