Mango has become the latest retailer to face a cyber-attack, where “limited” shopper data was stolen from one of its external marketing services.
The fashion chain, which recently reported a sales boost, told customers that data “accessed” by hackers was limited to personal contact details used in its marketing campaigns. This included email addresses, country, first names, telephone numbers and postal addresses. It added that unauthorised access was made via a third-party supplier, based in Spain.
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Source: Retail Gazette News
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