Framework’s Data Breach Revealed Customer Data: Here’s What to Know
Framework, a company best known for producing modular, highly repairable and customizable PCs and laptops, has suffered a large data breach, which has compromised customer information, according to multiple media outlets and an email from the company that has been shared online. The stolen information includes customer names, email addresses, phone numbers, login IPs and physical addresses. In the emails some customers have received, the company says that order and payment information wasn’t accessed in the breach.
A Framework representative didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
According to TechCrunch, Framework spokesperson Eric Schumacher said that all customers were affected, without specifying an exact number.
The breach appears to have been caused by a Metabase Cloud vulnerability using a zero-day exploit, a previously unknown security flaw in the software. In a blog post, Metabase says the vulnerability has already been patched but warns that those self-hosting may...
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