Samsung notifies affected customers of a July security breach
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- Anonymous
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- 03 Sep 2022
SShock, 03 Sep 2022Jesus, that's not what even happened. Also Quora as so... moreBunches of useless response? I want you to reply the guy came with sources in Quora. Not here. Let's see.
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- SShock
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- 03 Sep 2022
Max , 03 Sep 2022Okay not all Apple's fault but they didn't requir... moreJesus, that's not what even happened. Also Quora as source? Really? Just bunch of people asking if Apple was hacked and then bunch of useless responses.
Do you even know what brute force is? That would involve repeatedly retrying different password iterations on servers themselves. Go on, try it basically anywhere with half competent security and after few unsuccessful tries your IP will be blacklisted. What the guy did was trick users into handing him over their logins. It's called social engineering or phishing.
Only thing Apple was to be blamed is for not demanding 2FA or at least promoting it more actively. But I know how that goes, a lot of people don't want to deal with 2FA or they lose the generator and get locked out which is extra hassle.
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- 03 Sep 2022
SShock, 03 Sep 2022This has nothing to do with OS. Also, like I said, I don�... moreOkay not all Apple's fault but they didn't require high enough security for the brute Force attacks.
https://www.quora.com/Has-Apple-ever-been-hacked
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- Anonymous
- ndp
- 03 Sep 2022
Samsung user, 03 Sep 2022It 's no secret anynore that every OS could by hacked ... moreThey didnt hack any OS... They hacked theor servers.
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- Practically Dumb
- rKu
- 03 Sep 2022
I received this email as well. I'm in India so not sure what is going on?
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- SShock
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- 03 Sep 2022
Samsung user, 03 Sep 2022Tons of news about iOS getting hacked by using Pegassus. It... morea) We're not talking OS here
b) "tons of news" about "this scary thing"
Either be specific or stop fearmongering. Also Pegasus attacks affect Android devices too. Pretending it's just iOS is pure willful ignorance. Not to mention iOS at least is getting security updates. There is still tons of phones running Android OS that's several years out of date. Hell, most phones hardly get security updates or they get them with months long delays. Not bashing, just reality of it. Actual reality, not this Pegasus that everyone always throw around when it's iOS bashing time without any concrete evidence to support attacks actually happened. Also, one thing is general attack on casual users and another when specific high profile person is targeted personally. No one will spend any time on me or you, but one may invest all their time and resources to attack some politician or famous actor, that changes everything and no matter how secure OS or services are, it's just higher chance something will go wrong.
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- Samsung user
- wri
- 03 Sep 2022
SShock, 03 Sep 2022This has nothing to do with OS. Also, like I said, I don�... moreTons of news about iOS getting hacked by using Pegassus. It's so scary.
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- S2D
- 03 Sep 2022
the problem is in accounts if they holding some personal data like names,credit cards,photos or whatever hackers want,mine accounts doesn upload anything from the devices i use besides some sites related password and of couse neither of these containig my real name,date,national id card and so on
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- Samsung user
- Kxe
- 03 Sep 2022
It 's no secret anynore that every OS could by hacked by someone. I still remember the news about ios getting hacked using Pegassus.
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- SShock
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- 03 Sep 2022
Anonymous, 03 Sep 2022Fanboys have been saying Samsung is very secure…in reality ... moreThis has nothing to do with OS. Also, like I said, I don't remember any security breaches on Apple side. And neither on Google's for that matter. One thing is device security which highly depends on user and another is servers from company itself, like Google or Samsung. And in the end, if breach does happen on service side (like here in Samsung's case), what kind of data was accessed/stolen and how the thing was handled (prevention and communication with affected customers).
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- g8K
- 03 Sep 2022
Anonymous, 03 Sep 2022Fanboys have been saying Samsung is very secure…in reality ... moreYes, i agree.
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- Anonymous
- PWD
- 03 Sep 2022
AnonD-1033007, 03 Sep 2022Hm, didn't they bashed Apple yesterday in their AD? Oh... moreFanboys have been saying Samsung is very secure…in reality no brand is 100% safe including iOS
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- Djnady99
- PMT
- 03 Sep 2022
And i remember samsung talking about their security system in month of july itself.... about how they keep galaxy device safe & all so on....
https://www.gsmarena.com/thehead_of_samsungs_security_team_explains_how_the_company_keeps_galaxy_devices_safe-news-55114.php
i dont blame samsung, as there is nothing 100% secure in this world.
hackers can find a way to hack or to steal some info.
atleast samsung highlight this incidence by itself which is good practise instead of hiding the fact.
never the less, as a user just be alert al the time dont fall in spam & fraud event :)
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- Aierlan
- Xn6
- 03 Sep 2022
Grey Wolf, 03 Sep 2022"This notice applies to US-based Samsung Account holde... moreYeah, in Europe I agree. Unfortunately where I am in China a Google account is useless so you're kind of forced into using the manufacturers account. It's a bit of a nuisance when switching android brands as you have to keep signing up to different accounts for each brand you use and they all have their own different cloud systems too
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- Didi
- p1x
- 03 Sep 2022
I have received this Email as well but I am living in Germany, not a US costumer. Should I worry about this? I changed my passwords already.
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- SShock
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- 03 Sep 2022
Grey Wolf, 03 Sep 2022"This notice applies to US-based Samsung Account holde... moreIt's for sync of contacts and backups and stuff, but that's essentially a duplication of what Google already offers. But since you can't use phone without Google sign in, what's the point? I could see it meaningful if you could ignore Google and use Samsung "login" and services instead if you wanted that...
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- Grey Wolf
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- 03 Sep 2022
"This notice applies to US-based Samsung Account holders as the US systems were the ones that were unauthorizedly accessed."
So, 1. This affected only US people. 2. Affected only people with Samsung accounts.
I have a Samsung phone, but I do not have a Samsung account. Also, I am in Europe.
To be honest, I don't know why anybody will use Samsung, Xiaomi, OnePlus or whatever account on an Android phone with already a Google account on it? What are the benefits? For me is zero benefits.
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- SShock
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- 03 Sep 2022
AnonD-1033007, 03 Sep 2022Hm, didn't they bashed Apple yesterday in their AD? Oh... moreI actually don't remember any security breach happen to Apple. The iCloud photo leak was not done through hacking of Apple services, but through social engineering and luring users into handing over their credentials which were then used to access their photos in the cloud. Other than that, I don't remember anything else.
This one is not as bad as if social security and credit card info was leaked (Samsung seems to be sure it was not accessed), but user name and date of birth is also not something one would like to have leaked online...
I also wonder how leak of their source code for Knox system affects their security. That happened during the same breach afaik and that's pretty severe.
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- g8K
- 03 Sep 2022
Hm, didn't they bashed Apple yesterday in their AD? Oh oops, look, it's karma 🥰