Victoria’s Secret pulls down website amid security incident


Clothing and lingerie retailer Victoria’s Secret suspended most of the functionality of its website and some in-store services to “address a security incident,” according to a statement posted to the company’s website on Wednesday.

“We identified and are taking steps to address a security incident,” a Victoria’s Secret spokesperson told Reuters in an email on Wednesday. “We immediately enacted our response protocols, third-party experts are engaged, and we took down our website and some in-store services as a precaution.”

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