UK: Harrods’ customers details stolen in data breach


Harrods has warned some of its customers that their personal data may have been taken in an IT systems breach, months after it was targeted by a suspected cyber attack in May.

The luxury department store said customer names and contact details have been taken after one of its third-party provider systems was compromised. It said the affected e-commerce customers have been informed and that the impacted data is “limited to basic personal identifiers”, adding that passwords or payment details were not affected in the breach.

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Source: MSN News


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