French luxury fashion house Dior recently confirmed that it was the victim of a data breach last week in a message sent to those affected, which saw the personal information of some of its customers compromised. The incident saw an unauthorized party access part of the client data bases LVHM-owned brand, exposing customers’ names, mobile phone...
May 15, 2025
Paris – Luxury brand Dior, owned by the LVMH group, was the victim of a cyberattack by someone “unauthorised” who accessed “some data” but not “financial information”, according to a company statement sent to AFP this Wednesday. “La Maison Dior recently discovered that an unauthorised third party had accessed certain customer data that we hold....
The fashion and retail industry has seen a surge in account takeover fraud, as cases filed to the UK's National Fraud Database (NFD) jumped by 142 percent in the first half of 2024, according to data from Cifas, the UK's leading fraud prevention service. The increase poses a significant challenge for online retailers, particularly in the fashion...
Sep 26, 2024
A group of hackers has attacked the computer systems and databases of Spanish fashion giant Tendam, the parent company of chains such as Cortefiel, Pedro del Hierro, Springfield and Women'secret. The cybercriminals are now demanding 800,000 dollars to prevent them from leaking or selling the more than 720 gigabytes of confidential information...
Sep 10, 2024
Footwear retailer Shoe Zone has announced that it has been impacted by a cyber incident which “has resulted in unauthorised access to certain online systems and data”. In a regulatory filing, the company said that it enacted its IT security protocols upon learning of the incident, taking “immediate steps to stop the unauthorised access to its...
Jun 28, 2024
Retail giant JD Sports has confirmed it has been the target of a cyber attack which has resulted in the unauthorised access to a system containing customer data. The group noted that the information accessed related to online orders placed between November 2017 and October 2020, however added that the affected data was limited. The incident has...
Jan 30, 2023
Saks Fifth Avenue faced a cyber security attack resulting in tens of thousands of customers having their information exposed on an unsecured website. “We take this matter seriously,” said a spokesman for Hudson’s Bay, Saks' parent company. “We want to reassure our customers that no credit, payment or password information was ever exposed. The...
Mar 20, 2017
Since the cyber attack on eBay last month retailers have been putting up their defences to keep hackers at bay from consumers' credit card and personal information. The breach of eBay followed the attack on high street giant Target last December, where similarly hackers were able to gain passwords, telephone and address details from the retail...
Jun 6, 2014
In a bid to strengthen retailers against cyber attacks, a new industry group aimed at collecting and sharing intelligence is being launched in the US. The news comes following the 2013 attack on Target. The National Retail Federation said on Monday it will establish an Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC) for the retail industry in...
Apr 16, 2014