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Data breach exposes 49 million Dell customers

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The technology giant was hacked by Menelik, who has offered to sell the stolen data.

Approximately 49 million of Dell’s customers have been hit by a data breach, the company has announced in an email to current and former customers.

“We are currently investigating an incident involving a Dell portal, which contains a database with limited types of customer information related to purchases from Dell,”

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