“North Face and Cartier customer data stolen in cyber attacks”, June 3, 2025

Fashion brand The North Face and luxury jeweller Cartier have become the latest retailers to report having customer data stolen in cyber attacks.

North Face has emailed some customers saying it discovered a "small-scale" attack in April this year.

Cartier said "an unauthorized party gained temporary access to our system"...

Both brands say data such as customers names and email addresses were taken, but financial information was not…

North Face told customers the hackers it was targeted by used a technique called "credential stuffing"... They say the attackers may have been able to gain access to some users' shipping addresses and purchase histories…

Cartier’s data breach, meanwhile, was a hack of its system where attackers "obtained limited client information"... The firm added: "We contained the issue and have further enhanced the protection of our systems and data."

There has been a wave of cyber attacks on high-profile retailers in recent weeks, including Adidas, Victoria's Secret and Harrods. Marks and Spencer (M&S) and the Co-op had their operations severely disrupted...

... Stolen customer data can be used to impersonate legitimate companies and trick victims into giving away more sensitive data...