German Software Company Breached, Customer Data Stolen
German computer software company Ashampoo, known for its Windows utilities, has been targeted by attackers that managed to gain access to its customers database and possibly obtained data such as names and email addresses.
According to the company, hackers gained access to one of its servers. Thankfully, Ashampoo discovered the break-in early on and closed the security gap as soon as it was identified. Subsidiary companies of the Ashampoo group were not affected by this incident.
“The stolen pieces of information are data of addresses such as name and e-mail address. Billing information (e.g. credit card information or banking information) is definitely not affected, because our shop service contractors are concerned with this data and it is not stored on our system,” the company noted in a statement on its website. The message was also emailed to the company's customers and includes a warning about possible targeted attacks that can be mounted by using the stolen information.
