Cyber criminals have stolen the private details of potentially millions of Balenciaga, Gucci and Alexander McQueen customers in an attack.
The stolen data includes names, email addresses, phone numbers, addresses and the total amount spent in the luxury stores around the world.
Kering, the parent company of the luxury brands, has confirmed the breach and says it disclosed the incident to the relevant data protection authorities.
It said no financial information, such as card details, were stolen.
The firm also says it has emailed customers affected but has not said how many, or made any public statements about the hack.
Legally, the company is not obligated to make any public statements about the breach as long as it has notified all individuals affected through other means.
One of the details in the stolen data is “Total Sales” which shows how much money a person has spent with each brand.
Some customers are shown to have spent more than $10,000 with a handful spending $30,000-$86,000 in stores in the small sample analysed by the BBC.
Do’s
Keep your operating systems and software updated.
Enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all accounts.
Regularly backup critical data on secure servers.
Stay alert for phishing emails and suspicious links.
Use reputed cybersecurity tools and firewalls.
Don’ts
Don’t share sensitive credentials over email or chat.
Don’t ignore security updates or patches.
Don’t click unknown links or download files from unverified sources.
Don’t pay ransom directly, as it encourages more attacks.
Don’t delay reporting incidents to cybercrime authorities.
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