French retailer Auchan is informing that some sensitive data associated with loyalty accounts of several hundred thousand of its customers was exposed in a cyberattack.
The company is sending data breach notifications to customers affected by the incident.
"We are writing to inform you that Auchan has been the victim of a cyberattack. This attack resulted in unauthorized access to certain personal data associated with your loyalty account," reads the retailer's notification.
According to the sample of the notice, the data exposed in the attack includes full names, title and client status, postal address, email address, phone number, and loyalty card number.
The retailer underlines that bank data, passwords, and PIN numbers have not been impacted.
Notice Auchan sent to customers
Source: Zataz
In a statement for French media, a company representative said that data belonging to "several hundred thousand" of its customers was exposed containing the incident.
Auchan is a French multinational retail group operating over 2,100 branches across 13 countries in Europe and Africa. The chain employs 154,000 people and has an annual revenue of over $35 billion.
The company said it has notified the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) about the data breach.
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