Samsung says website error exposed 150 customers' data
The issue only affected people in the UK, the company said.
Around 150 Samsung customers reportedly had their data exposed.
A "technical error" on Samsung's UK website left around 150 people's personal data temporarily exposed. The company acknowledged via email that some of its customers were "able to access the details of another user."
"As soon as we became of aware of the incident, we removed the ability to log in to the store on our website until the issue was fixed," a spokesperson said.
Samsung will contact people affected by the issue directly, but didn't say how long the data was exposed. It included names, phone numbers, home and email addresses and past orders, but not credit card information, according to Reuters.
The acknowledgement comes less than a week since users of Samsung Galaxy devices around the world received an unusual "1" notification from the Find My Mobile app, but the company said this was "sent unintentionally during an internal test." On Wednesday, Samsung noted that the UK data breach was completed unrelated to last week's incident.
First published Feb. 26, 2:50 a.m. PT.
Updated, 4:58 a.m. PT: Adds Samsung comment.
