Asos app users get an alert claiming its Snowflake instance was compromised
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A push notification claiming a Snowflake compromise highlights how third-party data platforms have become single points of reputational and operational failure. If you sit on Snowflake or similar, audit who can send customer-facing messages and tighten incident response paths that cross vendor boundaries.
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