Cartier, the posh jewelry firm owned by Richemont had its web site hacked and a few consumer information stolen, it advised prospects in keeping with an electronic mail seen by Reuters.
The corporate, whose watches, necklaces and bracelets have been worn by Taylor Swift, Angelina Jolie and Michelle Obama, mentioned “an unauthorised social gathering gained momentary entry to our system.”
“Restricted consumer data,” akin to names, e-mail addresses and international locations, had been obtained, mentioned Cartier within the electronic mail despatched to prospects on Tuesday.
“The affected data didn’t embody any passwords, bank card particulars or different banking data,” Cartier mentioned, including it had since contained the difficulty.
The corporate mentioned it had additional enhanced the safety of its programs and information, in addition to knowledgeable the related authorities, and was additionally working with “main exterior cybersecurity consultants.”
Cartier didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
The assault is the newest case of an organization being focused by cyber criminals.
British retailer Marks & Spencer mentioned final month a “extremely subtle and focused” cyberattack in April will price it about £300 million ($405 million) in misplaced income.
French luxurious home Dior, owned by LVMH additionally reported final month that hackers had stolen information from its prospects, however insisted no monetary information was concerned, in keeping with Le Monde newspaper.
Trend model The North Face, owned by VF Company has additionally emailed some prospects, saying it found a “small-scale” assault in April this 12 months.
The corporate advised prospects the hackers used “credential stuffing,” attempting usernames and passwords stolen from one other information breach within the hope prospects have reused the credentials throughout a number of accounts, the BBC mentioned on Tuesday.
London division retailer Harrods additionally mentioned final month that hackers had tried to interrupt into its programs, following incidents at Marks & Spencer, and the Co-op Group.
By John Revill; Enhancing by Tomasz Janowski
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