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Harrods Says Third-Party Breach Exposed Some E-Commerce Customers’ Details

The retailer reports an isolated, contained vendor breach that did not expose passwords or payment data.

Overview

  • The retailer says only basic personal identifiers were taken, such as names and contact information, not passwords or payment details.
  • Harrods states its own systems were not breached and attributes the theft to an external e-commerce provider.
  • The provider told Harrods the incident is isolated and contained, and the two are working together on remedial steps.
  • Affected customers have been contacted, and relevant authorities have been notified.
  • The company says the event is unrelated to an attempted network intrusion in May, which preceded July arrests in wider retail cyber cases.