{"id":638091,"date":"2026-10-06T13:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T13:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/638091\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T13:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T13:22:11","slug":"asos-app-users-scared-after-concerning-pop-up-message-apparently-from-hackers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/638091\/","title":{"rendered":"Asos: App users &#8216;scared&#8217; after &#8216;concerning&#8217; pop-up message apparently from hackers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Asos shares down as apparent hack creates risk for companypublished at 13:19 BST<\/p>\n<p>13:19 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-qs9kpv-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/ded72972-7fe9-4089-a4a1-f17d165fd4fb.jpg.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Michael Race<br \/>Business and economics reporter<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Parcel and boxes bearing the Asos logo in a crate awaiting shipping\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fcf0029a-558d-4184-ba47-fff0530baa12.jpg.webp\"  width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Cyber attacks can spell huge financial implications for companies due to the huge disruption to operations by systems and data being compromised &#8211; as well as hackers typically hoping to extort a pay-off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Those fears appear to be gathering among investors today, with shares in Asos down almost 10% following the emergence of messages on its app appearing to have been sent by hackers. The company is yet to comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Asos is an online retailer based in the UK and has millions of customers worldwide. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">While popular with influencers and content creators advertising its products, the fashion firm has been struggling from declining sales in recent years and is in the middle of a turnaround plan aimed at returning to profit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ahead of its full-year results, due to be released next month, the company said there were positive signs in its recovery &#8211; however, today&#8217;s news creates risk to that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/cjkg7205q9ret?post=asset%3Add310bf7-1b7a-4848-b3ba-650ca0bdc00b#post\" class=\"ssrcss-ztter6-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a cyber attack last year<\/a>, M&amp;S&#8217;s profits were almost wiped out as customers were left unable to buy online from the retailer for months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Asos will be hoping this incident will not leave long lasting damage and can be resolved as fast as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Asos shares down as apparent hack creates risk for companypublished at 13:19 BST 13:19 BST Michael RaceBusiness and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":638092,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[114,85,46],"class_list":["post-638091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/638092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}