Dell Says It Detected A Security Breach Earlier This Month, But Financial Data Was Not Exposed

An anonymous reader quotes writes: 'Hardware giant Dell announced today a security breach that took place earlier this month, on November 9,' reports ZDNet. 'Dell says it detected an unauthorized intruder (or intruders) 'attempting to extract Dell.com customer information' from its systems, such as customer names, email addresses, and hashed passwords.' These are accounts used for shopping on the official website and the official support forums. 'Though it is possible some of this information was removed from Dell's network, our investigations found no conclusive evidence that any was extracted,' the company said in a press release, also adding that hackers didn't target payment card or any other sensitive customer information. After it detected the breach, Dell initiated a password reset for all Dell.com customer accounts. The company also said it notified law enforcement and hired a digital forensics firm to perform an independent investigation.

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