
Luxury fashion brand cartier is warning customers that it faced a data violation, which highlights customers’ personal information after compromising with its system.
Sent in notification letters today and shared by recipients Social mediaCartier revealed that hackers violated their system and stole a limited quantity of customer information.
Cartier said in the data brech notification, “We are writing to inform you that an unauthorized party achieved temporary access to our system and limited limited customer information.”
“We incorporated the issue and further enhanced our system and data safety.”
According to the company, the compromised information includes names, email addresses and countries where customers live.
Cartier insisted that the breech did not include more sensitive data, such as password, credit card number, or banking details.
However, the company has warned that stolen data can be used in targeted attacks, customers may be asked to be vigilant against unwanted or suspected communication.
The company said, “Given the nature of data, we recommend that you be alert for any unwanted communication or any other suspicious correspondence.”
Cartier says that it has informed the law enforcement about the incident and is working with an external cyber security company to overcome the violation.
Bleepingcomputer contacted Cartier to learn more about breech, such as when it happened and how many people were affected, but no response was received at this time.
Fashion brand under attack
This violation follows similar security incidents in other fashion brands mentioned in the previous month.
In May, Dyer revealed a data breech, when the danger actors broke her system and stole the customer contact details, purchase history and preferences.
Last month too, Adidas warned customers about data violation as a result of a compromise in one of their third party service providers. The attackers reached the contact information, but did not receive any payment details or account credentials.
Last week, Victoria Secret took down its website and some store services due to an ongoing security incident.
Like Cartier, Dior and Adidas, Victoria Secret has initiated an investigation with cyber security experts.


