Temu denies hacker's claim of stealing 87 million data records
A hacker claimed to have stolen 87 million data records from Temu. Temu denied the leak claim in September 2024, and its denial of the same claim was reported again in September 2026.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Temu
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Claimed theft of 87 million data records, denied by Temu
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- Other countries
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Timeline
- Temu denied the hacker's claim of stealing 87 million data records.
- Temu's denial of the hacker's leak claim continued.
- Temu's position denying the claim of a leak of 87 million data records was reported again.
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