--- title: Dell API Exploitation Led to Breach Affecting 49M Customers description: Dell customers should be cautious as the vendor suffered a data breach due to a Dell API exploit. The breach impacted 49 million customers, exposing names,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/dell-api-exploitation-led-to-breach-affecting-49m-customers-iiiw0fhuf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Dell API Exploitation Led to Breach Affecting 49M Customers | daily.dev og:description: Dell customers should be cautious as the vendor suffered a data breach due to a Dell API exploit. The breach impacted 49 million customers, exposing names,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/dell-api-exploitation-led-to-breach-affecting-49m-customers-iiiw0fhuf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/iIIw0FHuf.png og:image:alt: Dell API Exploitation Led to Breach Affecting 49M Customers og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Dell API Exploitation Led to Breach Affecting 49M Customers **[Latest Hacking News](https://daily.dev/sources/lhn)** · 2 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Dell customers should be cautious as the vendor suffered a data breach due to a Dell API exploit. The breach impacted 49 million customers, exposing names, addresses, and device information. Dell has patched the flaw but customers should remain wary of unsolicited tech support messages. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#tech-news](https://daily.dev/tags/tech-news), [#cyber](https://daily.dev/tags/cyber), [#data-breach](https://daily.dev/tags/data-breach) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/dell-api-exploitation-led-to-breach-affecting-49m-customers-iiiw0fhuf) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Dell API Exploitation Led to Breach Affecting 49M Customers","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/dell-api-exploitation-led-to-breach-affecting-49m-customers-iiiw0fhuf","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/dell-api-exploitation-led-to-breach-affecting-49m-customers-iiiw0fhuf"},"datePublished":"2024-05-13T16:47:12.114Z","dateModified":"2024-05-13T16:47:11.075Z","description":"Dell customers should be cautious as the vendor suffered a data breach due to a Dell API exploit. The breach impacted 49 million customers, exposing names,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/037c76cb69a399a2238abdb8329595da?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/037c76cb69a399a2238abdb8329595da?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Latest Hacking News","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Latest Hacking News","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/5110318ded6e43f1bb12facdeb2b1965","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/lhn"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/dell-api-exploitation-led-to-breach-affecting-49m-customers-iiiw0fhuf","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":3},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"tech-news,cyber,data-breach","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Latest Hacking News","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/lhn"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Dell API Exploitation Led to Breach Affecting 49M Customers"}]} ```