Logitech is well-known for its wide range of PC products, and is one of the latest companies to suffer a data breach, having reported on November 14 that its systems were hacked and that data was stolen from them. Logitech filed a Form 8-K with the US Securities and Exchange Commission confirming the details of the hack, which was noticed by Bleeping Computer.
The company was quick to point out that its business operations and products were safe from the hack and that there was nothing to worry about regarding those things in particular. Logitech also states that it moved quickly to take steps to protect its systems from being further compromised and investigate the incident.
The Logitech data breach likely contains no sensitive information like credit card numbers
According to Logitech, data stolen from the systems that were impacted by the breach should only include limited information about customers and employees. The company wasn’t specific about what the information was, but it was clear about one thing.
It doesn’t think any of the data that was stolen was sensitive, such as credit card numbers or national ID numbers. If this is the case, then customers probably have nothing to worry about. That being said, Logitech says it doesn’t think this was the kind of information that was stolen. It doesn’t say without a shadow of a doubt that this kind of information wasn’t stolen. Those are two different things.
So, as always in these kinds of situations, you’ll want to take your own precautions and protect yourself and your sensitive data. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to keep a close eye on any sensitive information that may have been tied to Logitech’s systems. Such as your credit and debit card information, email address, Logitech account passwords, and the like. Consumers are probably safe, as are employees, but it never hurts to be prepared.
As per the report, the hack is claimed to have been carried out by an organization called the Clop team. Clop was behind the Oracle E-Business Suite hack that happened back in July. Clop used a zero-day vulnerability to breach Logitech’s systems, the same type of vulnerability it used on Oracle months ago. This same kind of vulnerability was used on Chrome browser users, and was recently discovered to have been hiding inside Samsung phones for nearly a year.
