Louis Vuitton cyber-attack exposes customer data in Korea and other countries
Louis Vuitton suffered a cyber-attack that leaked the personal information of customers in several regions, including Korea, the UK, Türkiye and Hong Kong. The company said the regional leaks were linked to the same cyber-attack. In Hong Kong, 419,000 customers were affected, and the authorities launched an investigation.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Louis Vuitton
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal information of customers in several countries, including 419,000 in Hong Kong and over 140,000 in Türkiye
- Cause / method
- Cyber-attack targeting regional systems
- Location
- South Korea
If your data was exposed
- Don’t tap links in texts, calls or emails that mention this incident and offer compensation, refunds or breach checks. Check directly on the organisation’s official website or app.
- If you’ve suffered harm, report it. Call 118 (no area code) for privacy violations, contact the police for financial losses, and apply for dispute mediation to seek compensation.Personal Information Infringement Report Centre ↗Korean National Police Agency cybercrime report ↗Personal Information Dispute Mediation Committee ↗
Timeline
- Louis Vuitton Korea said customer information had been leaked owing to a system breach.
- The theft of UK customer information and the exposure of data on over 140,000 customers in Türkiye came to light.
- Louis Vuitton said the regional data leaks were linked to the same cyber-attack.
- It emerged that the authorities were investigating the leak of information on 419,000 customers in Hong Kong.
- The possibility of a class action over the customer data leak was raised.
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