Louis Vuitton says UK customer data stolen in cyberattack Cybercrime The Guardian

pLead brand of French luxury group LVMH reassures customers financial data such as bank details were not takenppLouis Vuitton has said the data of some UK customers has been stolen as it became the latest retailer targeted by cyber hackersppThe retailer the leading brand of the French luxury group LVMH said an unauthorised third party had accessed its UK operations systems and obtained information such as names contact details and purchase historyppThe brand which last week said its Korean operation had suffered a similar cyberattack told customers that no financial data such as bank details had been compromisedppWhile we have no evidence that your data has been misused to date phishing attempts fraud attempts or unauthorised use of your information may occur the email saidppThe company said it had notified the relevant authorities including the Information Commissioners OfficeppThe hack took place on 2 July according to Bloomberg which first reported the breach It is the third breach of LVMHs systems in the last three monthsppAs well as the two attacks on Louis Vuitton LVMHs secondlargest fashion label Christian Dior Couture said in May that hackers had accessed some customer datappOn Thursday four people were arrested as part of an investigation into cyberattacks on Marks Spencer the Coop and HarrodsppThose arrested were a 17yearold British boy from the West Midlands a 19yearold Latvian man from the West Midlands a 19yearold British man from London and a 20yearold British woman from StaffordshireppMS was the first retailer to be attacked in April in an incident that forced the closure of its online store for nearly seven weeks The Coop was attacked in the same month and forced to shut down parts of its IT systemppHarrods said on 1 May it had been targeted and restricted internet access across its websites after attempts to gain unauthorised access to its systemsppThe arrests came days after the MS chair Archie Norman told MPs that two other large British companies had been affected by unreported cyberattacks in recent months as he gave details of the traumatic attack on the retailerppLouis Vuitton has been approached for commentp