Millions potentially affected after Gucci, Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen hacked in cyber attack
What you need to know about high-end fashion cyber attack
- Luxury brands Gucci, Balenciaga, and Alexander McQueen, all owned by French parent company Kering, have been impacted by a cyber-attack.
- Kering confirmed the breach, identified in June, stating an unauthorised third party gained temporary access to their systems and accessed limited customer data.
- The compromised client data includes names, email addresses, phone numbers, addresses, and total sums spent, but no financial information such as credit card details was stolen.
- The hackers, who identified themselves as "Shiny Hunters", claim to possess data linked to 7.4 million unique email addresses.
- This incident is part of a wider trend affecting luxury brands and retailers, with similar data breaches reported at Richemont's Cartier and LVMH's Louis Vuitton.