A cybercriminal claims to have breached Temu and stolen millions of customer records, but the ecommerce giant is vehemently denying the claims.
A hacker with the alias ‘smokinthashit’ took to BreachForums, one of the most popular underground forums out there, and advertised a new database, allegedly stolen from the company. “Temu company database for sale. +87M lines. Source: temu. com. The data has never been sold before. Only one copy will be sold,” the ad reads. The ad also came with a small sample, as proof of the database’s authenticity.
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Source: MSN News
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