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French DIY retail giant Leroy Merlin discloses a data breach

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French home improvement and gardening retailer Leroy Merlin is notifying customers that their personal info has been compromised in a data breach.

Leroy Merlin operates in multiple European countries as well as in South Africa and Brazil, employs 165,000 people, and has an annual revenue of $9.9 billion.

The incident affects only customers in France, according to the notification published on social media by SaxX_, and exposed the following data types:

Full name

Phone number

Email address

Postal address

Date of birth

Loyalty program-related information

“A cyberattack recently targeted our information system, and some of your personal data may have leaked outside the company” (machine translated), reads the notification the company sent to affected customers.

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