Shares of Dell Technologies (NYSE:) rose in premarket trading on Friday despite news yesterday that the company suffered a security breach.
On the evening of May 9, Dell sent an email to customers stating that customer information, including names, addresses, and Dell hardware and order information, had been stolen from one of its online portals.
The portal contains a database of “limited types of customer information related to purchases from Dell,” the company said. “We believe there is no significant risk to our customers given the type of information involved,” they added.
Dell states that the information received does not include financial or payment information, email address, phone number or any sensitive customer information.
While the company has not disclosed the number of victims, reports state that the hacker claims to have compromised 49 million records. They say these recordings are now being sold on the dark web.
An email from Dell said the company promptly implemented incident response procedures after identifying the incident, “initiated an investigation, took steps to contain the incident, and notified law enforcement.”
“We have also engaged an outside forensic firm to investigate the incident. We will continue to monitor the situation,” they continued.