- Diamond Firm Cartier notifies clients of a data violation
- Names, e -emails and countries of origin were postponed
- Fortunately, passwords and payment data remain secure
The French luxury brand Cartier has warned customers that some of their sensitive personal information was stolen in a recent violation of data.
In a review of data violation sent to affected customers (who are also circulating on social media), Cartier said an unauthorized third party was given temporary access to his systems and ex -filtered customer data.
“Based on the investigation, we decided that this incident may have affected some of your information, specifically your name, E -email address and country,” the message reads further. “The information affected did not include passwords, credit card information or other bank details.”
Targeting the fashion industry
While this is good news that passwords and banking data were not included, names and e -mail addresses can sometimes be enough to pull convincing phishing -attacks through which hackers can later steal login credentials, payment information and more.
Cartier did not say who the threat actors were or if the data song was an isolated incident or part of a wider ransomware attack. We also do not know how many people are affected.
The company confirmed that the incident is now contained and that the “further improved protection of our systems and data” to prevent similar events from happening again. It did not detail what these improvements entail.
“Given the nature of the data, we recommend that you remain aware of any unsolicited communication or any other suspicious correspondence,” the letter concluded. Police have been notified and Cartier hired third -party security experts to further tackle the attack.
Cartier is the next on an expanding list of luxury and fashion brands that were recently victims of cyberattacks.
Less than a month ago, both Victoria’s Secret confirmed and Dior, who suffered an attack where names, gender information, phone numbers, e -mail addresses, postal addresses and purchase history were all taken.
Via Bleeping computer
