Carpetright took systems offline to isolate virus.
UK high street chain Carpetright has confirmed that it was hit by a cyber attack.
A source confirmed to the Sun that some staff networks were taken down at the Essex headquarters, including emploee portals to book time off and download payslips.
A Carpetright spokeswoman confirmed the attack, saying: “We would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused. We are not aware of any customer or colleague data being impacted by this incident and are testing and resetting systems, with investigations ongoing.”
Carpetright's network was taken offline due to the cyber-attack but the company said the virus was isolated before any data was swiped. It was not clear what form of malware was involved in the attack, or how the company was infected.
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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.
