Evidence record 18122 · automatically gathered

Hackers talked their way into Levi’s, and three computers were enough

Levi Strauss has disclosed a breach that involved no software vulnerability at all. Attackers used social engineering to reach three employees’ work computers, then took corporate data out with them. The company set out the incident in a regulatory filing with the SEC on 7 August. Intruders accessed and exfiltrated “certain corporate information”, the filing […] This story continues at The Next Web

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Published: 10 August 2026
Source: The Next Web AI
Category: News
Topics: Regulation
Retrieved: 11 August 2026

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