Names, physical addresses and Dell hardware and order information may have been compromised.
Dell has warned of a data breach that may affect around 49 million users.
Data breach notifications were emailed this week, stating that a Dell portal containing customer information related to purchases was breached.
A Dell data breach notification shared with BleepingComputer stated: “We are currently investigating an incident involving a Dell portal, which contains a database with limited types of customer information related to purchases from Dell. We believe there is not a significant risk to our customers given the type of information involved."
Dell states that names, physical addresses and Dell hardware and order information including: service tag, item description, date of order, and related warranty information, were accessed by the threat actor during the breach.
However Dell said there was no financial or payment information, email addresses, or telephone numbers breached.
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
