ASOS users stunned after receiving chilling 'hack' notification appearing to threaten app owners

ASOS shoppers were left stunned after receiving a chilling message on their phones on Tuesday (6 October).

A message appeared on the screens of users of the mobile application which read 'ASOS HACKED'.

It then appeared to go on to threaten the owners of the app over a possible 'leak'.

The message went on to share a chat link, reading: "Dear ASOS DPO and IT, we have fully compromised the snowflake instance. Engage with us or we will leak it."

It was sent out via a push notification which was delivered to phone users that have the app downloaded, sparking concern on social media.

DPO is understood to refer to the data protection officer, the appointed person in a company who takes responsibility for safeguarding the data and information of customers.

Snowflake is an online data platform used by various companies.

Website issues were also reported minutes before 10am, according to DownDetector.

The website and app appear to have functioned properly until 9.41am when 500 reports were made about the functionality.

Users raced to X to question the notification and if anyone else had received the threatening message.

"Omg did anyone else get this asos hacked notification??" one person wrote as another said: "Not really ideal to receive this on my notifications from ASOS."

A third quipped: "Whilst ASOS has been hacked can the hacker give us a discount code please and thank u."

And another commented: "Hackers sending ransom notes via push notification is diabolical. Long day for ASOS."

No further details have been confirmed regarding the incident. It is not yet clear what the notification means or what impact it will have - or what it means for customers.

ASOS have been approached for comment by LADbible.

This is a breaking story and will be updated as new information comes to light.