Ye scurvy dogs, beware! Dell hath been plundered by hackers, 49 million souls now walk the plank of privacy peril. Arrr!
2024-05-18
Arrr matey! 'Tis said a scurvy cyberattack on the computer peddler Dell hath plundered the secrets of 49 million landlubbers! 'Tis a fine haul of names and addresses, sure to fetch a pretty penny on the digital black market, arrr!
In a jolly pirate tone, Dell be facing a monstrous security challenge aft a cyberattack pilfered information from 'bout 49 million customers, matey. Arr, Dell confirmed the loot includes names, addresses, and details 'bout Dell hardware and orders like service tags, items, dates, and warranties. The scurvy dog Menelik, behind this villainy, spilled the beans to TechCrunch 'bout how he plundered all this treasure undetected, arr.Menelik set up partner accounts within Dell's portal, matey, which let him use a brute-force attack to swipe customer data. He sent more than 5,000 requests per minute fer three weeks, and Dell didn't spy a thing. After nearly 50 million requests, Menelik sent emails to Dell 'bout the vulnerability, and Dell took a week to fix it all up, ye scurvy dogs.The affected accounts be only a fraction of Dell's user base, and Dell be bellowing there's little risk to customers since no payment data was stolen, arr. But beware, hearties, phishing and other attacks may still target ye. So keep a weather eye out and follow best practices to protect yer booty from the cyber seas, arr!For more of CyberGuy's tech tips 'n security alerts, sign up fer his free newsletter at Cyberguy.com/Newsletter, ye scallywags!