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4 days ago
- Business
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Adidas Says Cyber Attack Targeted Customers' Personal Information, Credit Card Data Marked ‘Safe' From Breach
Adidas is the latest retailer to fall victim to a cyberattack. The German sportswear brand said on Friday that an unauthorized external party obtained certain consumer data through a third-party customer service provider.' The company said on its website that it immediately took steps to 'contain the incident.' It also launched a comprehensive probe on the matter and is collaborating with leading information security experts. More from WWD China Insight: Will China's Cultural Tourism Boom Power Fashion's Next Growth Engine? The Adidas Samba Is Getting Zipped Up by Longtime Collaborator Jeremy Scott Steve Madden Claims 'Adidas Does Not Own All Stripes' in New Lawsuit Adidas emphasized that affected data 'does not contain passwords, credit cards or any other payment-related information.' The accessed information was centered on contact information of consumers who had contacted the brand's customer service help desk in the past. The company said it is in the process of notifying potentially impacted consumers, as well as appropriate data protection and law enforcement authorities. 'We remain fully committed to protecting the privacy and security of our consumers, and sincerely regret any inconvenience or concern caused by this incident,' the company said in a statement. Adidas did not indicate the number of consumers who were potentially exposed to the cyberattack. Data breaches have been around for years. The largest were the Yahoo data breaches in 2013 and 2014, involving over 3 billion user accounts. In 2013, American mass discounter Target Corp. suffered a breach that compromised 40 million credit and debit card records—and 70 million customer records—when hackers gained access to the point-of-sale (POS) systems of one of the retailer's vendors during the holiday season. It was a costly one for the discounter as it determined that the total cost of breach was $202 million, including the $18.5 million it paid in a multi-state settlement and the loss of sales as wary customers in the aftermath elected to shop elsewhere. A cyberattack in 2023 involving personally identifiable information of customers impacted 35 million customers of apparel giant VF Corp. That same year, 10 million JD Sports customers had their information stolen, which included the last four digits of their credit cards that were used for payment. Earlier this month, Harrods, Marks & Spencer and the Co-op Group in the U.K. have seen hackers targeting their online operations. Harrods took proactive steps to keep certain systems safe, including restricting internet access at its sites. 'We are really sorry that we've not been able to offer you the service you expect from M&S over the last week. We are working day and night to manage the current cyber incident and [to] get things back to normal for you as quickly as possible,' said Stuart Machin, Marks & Spencer's chief executive officer, adding that stores were open heading into the bank holiday weekend on May 5. Also in May, Dior confirmed that it was impacted by a data breach involving its Chinese customer base. The LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton-owned brand discovered that on May 7, an unauthorized external individual had stolen certain customer data, but not any financial information such as bank account or payment card numbers. 'The teams at Dior, supported by leading cybersecurity experts, continue to investigate and respond to the incident,' wrote a Dior spokesperson in an email. A report from KnowBe4 in March said there is a 56 percent spike in retail cyberattacks driven by phishing and AI. 'This puts retail in the top five industries targeted by cybercriminals,' the report said. It noted that the average cost of a single retail data breach 'reached $3.48 million in 2024,' representing an 18 percent increase from 2023. The greatest threat now involves 'credential harvesting,' where personal information is stolen. The report said that credential harvesting is now the predominant threat, accounting for 38 percent of all compromised data in 2023, while payment card data theft fell to 25 percent. Stolen credentials are preferred because they provide immediate access to personal accounts, bypassing security measures. Retailers typically keep a record of their customers' past purchasing information and tracking data on where packages are sent. Best of WWD All the Retailers That Nike Left and Then Went Back Mikey Madison's Elegant Red Carpet Shoe Style [PHOTOS] Julia Fox's Sleekest and Boldest Shoe Looks Over the Years [Photos]
Yahoo
29-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Bill Murray Says There's One Director He Wishes He Had Worked With: ‘It's One of the Few Regrets I Have'
Bill Murray has few regrets over his eventful career, but there was one potential role he says he wishes he hadn't turned down. The former 'Saturday Night Live' star told Howard Stern that he missed the chance to do a movie with Clint Eastwood — possibly out of fear of being typecast. More from Variety Jennifer Coolidge on Why Working With Bill Murray Was 'Scary As Hell,' Recalls Pete Davidson Being a 'Laugh Riot' Bill Murray 'Wept Three Times' During 'SNL50': 'It Was Surprisingly Emotional' and 'I Couldn't Stop' Bill Murray Slams John Belushi Biography as 'Criminal' and 'Cruel'; Calls Out Author Bob Woodward: 'If He Did This to Belushi, What He Did to Nixon Is Probably Soiled For Me' 'I was watching the Clint Eastwood movies of the day, like 'Thunderbolt and Lightfoot' or whatever the hell the movies he was making then, and I thought: 'His sidekick gets killed, and he avenges, but the sidekick gets like a great part, a great death scene,'' he told Stern earlier this week. Murray was coming off of making the 1981 hit comedy 'Stripes,' and decided to call Eastwood and let him know he was interested. 'I was like, I got to call this guy. So I called him out of the blue, and he said, 'Would you ever want to do another service comedy?' Because I just made 'Stripes' and he had this great idea for an enormous Navy thing,' added Murray. 'And when he said, 'Would you ever want to do another service comedy,' like jeez, 'Would I become like Abbott and Costello?' I had to do like military movies? And I said, 'Well, God, I guess maybe I shouldn't.'' A few years later, Eastwood made the war film 'Heartbreak Ridge,' in which Eastwood played Marine Gunnery Sergeant Tom Highway. 'It's one of the few regrets I have is that I didn't do it. Because it was a big-scale thing, and I would have gotten a great – I don't know if I'd have gotten a great death scene, it was more of a comedy, that one – but it was great,' he said. 'He had access to World War II boats and he could have like made a flotilla and stuff, and there was some cool stuff in it.' He continued, 'When I see him, I'm like: 'I'm sorry, I wish I'd done that Clint, I'm really sorry.' He's certainly well over it. He's a very resilient fella.' Stern went on to point out that 'Stripes' was originally written for Cheech and Chong, but their agent didn't want them to do it. 'They could have had fun with it, there were lots of stoner scenes in it,' Murray said. With Ivan Reitman directing and Murray starring with John Candy, 'Stripes' ended up as the fifth-highest grossing film of the year at the box office. Best of Variety What's Coming to Disney+ in April 2025 New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week The Best Celebrity Memoirs to Read This Year: From Chelsea Handler to Anthony Hopkins
