OnePlus: Affected (again) by data leakage

Last Friday, the OnePlus stated that a "unauthorized member”Gained access to a client database.

ΑThis database contained customer names, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, and shipping addresses. Fortunately, no credit card or password information was compromised.

Nevertheless, the company warns its customers to be cautious. "Affected users may receive emails as a result of this incident," he said in a statement. forum.

An example of phishing could be a message pretending to be from OnePlus asking you to click on a link or download some software. However, in reality, the program is a scam for installing malware or intercepting login credentials. Customers should be especially wary of fake emails or URLs in any official messages they receive.

OnePlus did not say how many customers or how long the hacker had access to their data. The OnePlus security team He discovered the activity last week after monitoring its systems.

"We have taken immediate steps to stop the intruder and enhance the security of our data," the company added. "Before we made it public, we informed our users, and at the moment, we are working with the competent authorities to further investigate this incident."

This is not the first time that OnePlus has suffered a data breach. A year ago, about 40.000 customers on the company's website lost their credit card information, thanks to a hacker who put malware on OnePlus.net.

In response, OnePlus pledged to implement a more secure payment method and conduct a security check to protect its site from future attacks. But clearly, the effort was not enough.

OnePlus said it would further increase the security of its systems. "We are working with a world-renowned security platform next month and will launch an official bug bounty program by the end of December," the company added.

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