Dell customer order database of '49M records' stolen, now up for sale on dark web

Dell has confirmed information about its customers and their orders has been stolen from one of its portals. Though the thief claimed to have swiped 49 million records, which are now up for sale on the dark web, the IT giant declined to say how many people may be affected.

According to the US computer maker, the stolen data includes people's names, addresses, and details about their Dell equipment, but does not include sensitive stuff like payment info. Still, its portal was compromosed.

"We recently identified an incident involving a Dell portal with access to a database containing limited types of customer information including name, physical address and certain Dell hardware and order information," a Dell spokesperson told The Register today.

"It did not include financial or payment information, email address, telephone number or any highly sensitive customer data."

A report at the end of last month from the ...