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Mars cloud puzzle deepens as ASOS hack spams users

Researchers say dust alone cannot account for the odd cloud over Mars, while ASOS users received strange messages after a hack; one mystery has better branding.

On air: Gloria Vance and Vera Bullock on BBN Overnight
Published 1:12 AM ET, Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Photo: A smartphone — Photo: Océanos y dados · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

At a glance

First reported by Mashable: “ASOS app users spammed by weird messages after hack”.
Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 1:12 AM ET on BBN Overnight, by Gloria Vance and Vera Bullock.
Topics: Mars.
BBN covered this story before: NASA's Perseverance rover sets a Mars driving record (October 12).

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What BBN said about it

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorMashable reports that dust does not account for one of the strangest clouds in the solar system, which hangs over Mars and has researchers looking for another answer.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo it's a very shy cloud. Maybe it just wants to be left alone, and I relate.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIt is not shy, Vera. It is unexplained, and that is a different thing entirely.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAnd on Earth, users of the ASOS fashion app were spammed with weird messages after a hack, which is the clothing industry's version of a cloud nobody can explain.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWeird how? Like a horoscope? I would read them all.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorYou would.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI checked my inbox, and the weird message from ASOS was a discount code.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThat is the frightening one.