9 comments

  • hnacobsxph 27 minutes ago
    Braze API keys end up in a dozen CI configs and nobody rotates them. Campaign send is one POST.
  • eameam 7 minutes ago
    Seems more likely to me that the braze api key was exposed
  • iamacyborg 12 minutes ago
    I am genuinely impressed at the lack of tech literacy in the live feed about this from the beeb.
  • domaaju 1 hour ago
    I received the push notification via the app this morning as well. Extremely bizarre and not how normally one finds out about a company getting hacked.
    • vachina 9 minutes ago
      Why do you have an app installed just to buy clothes
      • m4tthumphrey 3 minutes ago
        Because I buy a lot of clothes and the ASOS app is well built and its slightly easier to use than the site.
    • jagged-chisel 55 minutes ago
      You probably found out before they did
  • andruschakartem 49 minutes ago
    The ransom note was addressed to their DPO, customers just got CC'd via push.
  • m4tthumphrey 40 minutes ago
    Stock down 13% today. Interestingly ASOS has been steadily growing this year, would be interested to see Polymarkets today...
  • rithdmc 1 hour ago
    Does Snowflake allow you to push messages via in-app messaging? I didn't think it did. This breach might be a little broader than reported.
    • jmkni 1 hour ago
      I've seen comments from people claiming they used to work at Asos saying that they have a Braze/Snowflake integration, and the push notification was sent from Braze
      • potatoproduct 38 minutes ago
        Yep, my first thought is they probably are probably getting the candidate push notifications from snowflake.
      • rithdmc 1 hour ago
        That'll do it. Thank you.
        • jmkni 58 minutes ago
          Speculating, but it could also be they don't actually have Braze access, but there is a table in snowflake to schedule push notifications

          Or they are lying about having snowflake access and only actually have Braze

          Lots of fun possibilities!

          • iamacyborg 9 minutes ago
            As far as I know, the Braze/Snowflake integration is just to pull contact data and event feeds into Braze and to sync out performance data.

            If they’ve gained access to Braze presumably they’ll have access to the contact db stored in there along with whatever other information is pushed in to support segmentation and personalisation but it’s definitely limited in scope vs just gaining access to their snowflake db.

            This assumes they implemented things sanely with the db user for Braze having limited access rights…

  • glownagger 41 minutes ago
    Five popups. Five. To read this article that doesn't even tell me what ASOS is.
    • ameliaquining 26 minutes ago
      Second paragraph mentions that it's a "clothing and beauty store".
    • nstj 19 minutes ago
    • Zhyl 17 minutes ago
      It's a BBC article for a British retailer. I reckon the knowledge was reasonably assumed for the intended audience.
    • m4tthumphrey 37 minutes ago
      For others its a huge online fashion retailer in the UK (and maybe elsewhere?).
    • theoreticalmal 34 minutes ago
      Maybe the hackers were trying to do us a favor?