- Victoria’s Secret has confirmed to suffer a cyberattack
- Business site and some systems taken offline after incident
- No one assumed the responsibility yet but customers still have to be on duty
American lingerie and beauty dealer Victoria’s Secret has suffered a cyberattack that forced the company to close its sites and “some services in the store”.
In a short message sent on the company’s most important site (as well as national sites), it was said that a “security event” had been identified and “as a caution” the site and some services in the store were taken down.
“We appreciate your patience during this process. In the meantime, our Victoria’s Secret and Pink stores remain open and we look forward to serving you,” the message reads.
Was it ransomware?
So far, specific details of the incident remain scarce as the company did not detail the nature of the attack, the attacker’s identity or the methods used to compromise the systems.
A Victoria’s Secret -Talmand told Fox Business The company triggered its incident response records after the incident.
“Third -party experts are committed and we took down our website and some in store services as a caution,” the statement reads. “We are working on quickly and safely to restore operations.”
Usually, when a company is forced to close its IT network, either partially or completely, it is to contain a ransomware attack and prevent threat actors from moving laterally and exfiltering sensitive customer data.
Since there are no threat actors who have yet taken responsibility for the attack, this is pure speculation at this time. We know full well that the company’s systems have been offline for at least three days at the time of the press.
Victoria’s Secret is a leading global lingerie and beauty dealer, so it’s no wonder it was a goal. From February 1, 2025, the company had 31,000 total employees, including 13,000 full-time and 18,000 part-time employees, according to equity analysis.
It has more than 1,300 stores around the world, and by 2024 it reported an annual turnover of $ 6.23 billion.
Via Techcrunch
