koda warns customers their data may have been breached following online shop hit

Date:
Wed, 13 May 2026 10:20:35 +0000

Description:
A vulnerability in the ecommerce software allowed unauthenticated access and koda data compromise.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter koda Auto confirms online shop was breached via a vulnerability in ecommerce portal software Attackers accessed names, addresses, emails, phone numbers, order info, plus usernames and hashed passwords; payment data not affected Shop taken offline, forensics engaged, authorities notified; customers warned of possible phishing attempts despite no evidence of data misuse koda Auto has confirmed its online shop
was hit by a cyberattack, and said the hackers might have accessed personal customer files.

The incident occurred when the attackers found a vulnerability in its ecommerce portal software. koda did not say exactly when the attack happened, but it did say it was spotted during security monitoring. As part of our technical security monitoring, it was discovered that unauthorized persons
had exploited a vulnerability in the standard shop software used, the announcement, machine-translated, reads. In this way, they were able to gain temporary unauthorized access to the shop system. Latest Videos From You may like 'Traces of unauthorized access': Mazda confirms data breach exposing employee and partner data here's what we know Zara data breach saw 197,000 people have information exposed Booking.com confirms reservation data breach What data was compromised? In response, the company took the shop offline,
and the attackers were ousted from the systems. After that, the incident was handed over to specialized IT forensics crew and reported to the relevant authorities.

The company did not say who the threat actors were, or what the nature of the incident was.

Therefore, we dont know if this was a ransomware attack, or how many people were affected. koda did say that the attackers accessed peoples names, postal addresses, email addresses and, in some instances, phone numbers.

Order information was also compromised, and so were usernames and passwords. These, however, were hashed. Credit cards and other payment information were not taken. Are you a pro? Subscribe to our newsletter Sign up to the
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The technical analysis has shown that access to data stored in the shop was possible in principle. However, due to the nature of the protocols available, it is not possible to trace in all details whether and to what extent data
was actually copied or retrieved, koda said, before stressing that there is yet no evidence the data is being used in the wild. Still, customers are warned about potential phishing attacks.

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