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French luxury brand Chanel has issued an apology after personal data belonging to its customers was exposed

Exploit: Ransomware

Chanel: Fashion House

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Risk to Business: 2.721 = Moderate

French luxury brand Chanel has issued an apology after personal data belonging to its customers was exposed in an incident that impacted customers in Korea. A database belonging to the famed perfume and fashion brand is believed to have been compromised by hackers in a cyberattack at an unnamed cloud-based data storage firm.

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Risk to Business: 2.326 = Moderate

The stolen data includes birth dates, customer names, gender details, passwords, phone numbers and shopping or payment history. The incident is still under investigation and complete details have not been released.

Customers Impacted: Unknown

How it Could Affect Your Customers’ Business Cyberattacks against service providers have been steadily increasing as cybercriminals strike at lynchpins to gain access to even more valuable data.

Source: Infosecurity Magazine