North Face and Cartier customer data stolen in cyber attacks

North Face and Cartier customer data stolen in cyber attacks Marks and Spencer (M&S) and the Co-op had their operations severely disrupted when they were targeted in April. There has been a wave of cyber attacks on high-profile retailers in recent weeks, including Adidas, Victoria's Secret and Harrods. Both brands say data such as customers names and email addresses were taken, but financial information was not. Cartier said "an unauthorized party gained temporary access to our system". North Face has emailed some customers saying it discovered a "small-scale" attack in April this year. Fashion brand The North Face and luxury jeweller Cartier have become the latest retailers to report having customer data stolen in cyber attacks. The UK's National Crime Agency has said catching the criminals responsible is their top priority . North Face told customers the hackers it was targeted by used a technique called "credential stuffing", where attackers try usernames and passwords stole ... Read full article.