- Diamond Cartier notifies customers of data violation
- The names, emails and countries of origin were exposed
- Fortunately, passwords and payment data remain safe
The French luxury brand Cartier warned customers that it was stolen that some of their confidential personal information was stolen in a recent data violation.
In a data violation notification letter sent to affected customers (which now also circulates on social networks), Cartier said that an unauthorized third party obtained temporary access to their systems and the data of the exfiltrated customers.
“According to the investigation, we determine that this incident may have affected part of its information, specifically its name, email and country address,” reads the notification. “The affected information did not include passwords, credit card data or other bank information.”
Aimed at the fashion industry
While it is good news that passwords and bank data were not included, the names and email addresses can sometimes be enough to achieve convincing phishing attacks, through which computer pirates can later steal login credentials, payment information and more.
Cartier did not say who the threat actors were, or if the data grip was an isolated incident or part of a broader ransomware attack. Nor do we know how many people are affected.
The company confirmed that the incident is now contained and that “the protection of our systems and data” improved even more “to prevent similar incidents from happening again. He did not detail what these improvements imply.
“Given the nature of the data, we recommend that you remain alert for any unre requested communication or any other suspicious correspondence,” the letter concluded. Police have been notified and Cartier hired third -party security experts to address the attack further.
Cartier is the following in an expanding list of luxury and fashion brands that were recently victims of cyber attacks.
Less than a month ago, both Victoria’s Secret, and Dior, confirmed that he suffered an attack in which names, gender information, telephone numbers, email addresses, postal addresses and shopping history.
Through Bleepingcomputer
