The South Korean unit of Louis Vuitton has suffered a cyberattack that compromised some of its customer data. This is the second time in recent months that hackers have targeted the world’s largest luxury group, LVMH. The company stated that an unauthorized third party had gained access to its systems on June 8th. The luxury brand said that as a result, some important and sensitive customer information has now been leaked. The company first became aware of the significant data breach on Wednesday and immediately took action.
Louis Vuitton Korea has confirmed that some customer information was taken by the attackers in the recent breach.
However, the company has stated that no financial data, including credit card or bank account details, was taken. The specific types of customer information that were leaked have not yet been publicly disclosed by the company. The leaked data appears to include contact information for the customers of the luxury brand in South Korea. The company is still investigating the full scope and impact of the data breach on its customers.
After discovering the breach, Louis Vuitton Korea said it is investigating the cyberattack with security experts. The company has already notified the relevant government authorities in South Korea about the security incident. Measures had been immediately taken by the company to contain the breach and to boost its system security. The company stated, “We are strengthening the security of our systems and working with the best experts in cybersecurity.”
The security breach has now been contained, according to a statement released by the luxury goods company.
This incident follows a similar attack on another major brand that is owned by the LVMH luxury group. Christian Dior Couture, LVMH’s second-largest fashion label, said in May it had also been targeted by hackers. That attack on Christian Dior also resulted in the access of some of the brand’s customer data. The French newspaper Le Monde reported that the cyberattack on Christian Dior took place back in January. These repeated attacks on LVMH brands show that luxury fashion companies are being actively targeted by cybercriminals.
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