Bank information, passwords, and PIN codes were not compromised.
The French retail giant Auchan has disclosed a cyber-attack that exposed sensitive loyalty account data from several hundred thousand customers.
According to BleepingComputer, the company confirmed in breach notification letters that personal details, including names, postal addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and loyalty card numbers, were accessed by unauthorised actors. Bank information, passwords, and PIN codes were not compromised, the retailer emphasised.
Auchan, which operates over 2,100 stores in 13 countries, has not disclosed further technical details of the attack.
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
