Victoria's Secret US Website Back Up After Security Incident

Victoria's Secret's US website is back up and running after being taken offline earlier this week following what the company called a "security incident." On Wednesday, the clothing and lingerie company replaced its regular US retail site with a note to customers saying that it was aware of and dealing with the incident, adding that its website and some services were temporarily shut down as "a precaution." It did not offer details about what kind of security incident occurred, but said that its brick-and-mortar Victoria's Secret and Pink stores remained open. The Ohio-based company's security incident comes less than a week after Adidas announced that some of its consumer data had been stolen from a third-party customer-service provider. The athletic apparel company said Friday the stolen data mainly consisted of contact information for shoppers who contacted its customer service help desk in the past. UK-based Marks & Spencer stopped taking online orders back in April after its own ... Read full article.