A major data breach exposes customer information at a luxury brand, raising phishing risks. Financial data is safe, but contact and preference data were accessed.

French Luxury Company Dior acknowledged this week that it had also experienced a data hack, while other UK retailers are still reeling from intrusions. On May 7, the corporation sent a notice to its customers informing them that it had learned that an unauthorized third party had gained access to some of their client data.

According to the investigation they initiated, this problem is the result of unauthorized access to one of their databases. One of the first actions they took to deal with this evil circumstance was to prevent such access. The data in concern includes contact details, purchase and preference data, and any additional information that the clients may have provided, according to the investigation's current findings. No financial information, including credit card, bank account, or IBAN details, was included in the pertinent database.

According to reports in Chinese media, the breach primarily targeted China and exposed data about some of the brand's most affluent customers. The announcement comes as M&S in the UK is still dealing with a cyberattack that has cost it millions of pounds in online income every day and caused it to experience significant issues, such as the continuous suspension of its webstore operations.

All of this emphasizes how susceptible even the largest businesses, regardless of price, are to malevolent, tenacious, and highly skilled attackers. Additionally, security updates are probably a popular issue right now in the boardrooms of retailers and brands all around the world.