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Pokémon Center data breach exposes customer info, cancels some orders

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Why This Matters

The Pokémon Center data breach highlights the growing cybersecurity risks faced by e-commerce and logistics providers, exposing customer data and disrupting order fulfillment. This incident underscores the importance of robust security measures across supply chains to protect consumer information and maintain trust in online retail platforms.

Key Takeaways

Pokémon Center is notifying customers in the United Kingdom and Germany that it suffered a third-party data breach after hackers stole customer personal and order information from third-party logistics provider CEVA Logistics.

While CEVA's systems were compromised in the cyberattack, the exposed records belonged to Pokémon Center customers who submitted orders on the site. The company then shared this information with the logistics provider to fulfill and ship PokemonCenter.com orders.

CEVA Logistics is a subsidiary of the CMA CGM Group, the world's third-largest shipping company. The logistics provider operates 1,000 warehouses, handled 15 million shipments last year, and reported $18.3 billion in revenue in 2025.

The company recently suffered a cyberattack in which attackers breached its servers between July 29 and August 1, affecting multiple retailers in Europe.

The CEVA breach also affected Valve, which notified Steam hardware customers in Europe that their names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and information about ordered products were stolen during the cyberattack.

The Valve breach notification said CEVA said it retains delivery-related information for up to 90 days after an order. However, it is unclear whether the same retention period applies to Pokémon Center customer data.

The attack also disrupted eight of its European warehouses, causing shipping delays for many customers.

Pokémon Center orders canceled after breach

In data breach notification emails seen by BleepingComputer, Pokémon Center says CEVA is the vendor it uses to ship PokemonCenter.com products to customers in the United Kingdom and Germany.

"We're sorry to inform you that we have had to cancel your recent order [order number] due to an unforeseen fulfilment issue," reads the Pokémon Center data breach notification.

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