Computer maker Framework notifies ‘all customers’ of a data breach

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Framework, a institution that makes modular repairable computers, said it has notified each of its customers that hackers stole their names, email addresses, telephone numbers, and carnal addresses, owed to an incidental astatine a institution that provides concern intelligence.

On Thursday, several Framework customers said connected societal media that they had received an email from the institution notifying them of the information breach.

Framework’s spokesperson Eric Schumacher told TechCrunch that the breach affected “all customers,” but declined to specify a circumstantial number. Framework computers are comparatively niche products, but immoderate estimates accidental the institution sold hundreds of thousands of devices. 

According to the notification seen by TechCrunch, the institution blamed the information breach connected an upstream cyberattack astatine Metabase.

Metabase disclosed its ain breach successful a blog station connected its authoritative website, wherever it said that it was hacked by idiosyncratic utilizing an chartless information flaw, a alleged zero-day. The institution said the hackers exploited the bug to springiness them the quality to entree customers’ databases stored connected Metabase’ unreality servers.

In its email to customers, Framework besides included the email Metabase sent to the company, which says hackers accessed Framework’s unreality instance. The machine shaper said it investigated the incidental and recovered that hackers had stolen its customers’ idiosyncratic data, but did not see their outgo information.

Metabase did not respond to a petition for comment.

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