Harrods IT system breach leaks 430,000 customer records
A breach of Harrods' IT systems led to the leak of 430,000 customer records. Harrods warned customers that their data may have been stolen, and the hackers later contacted the company.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Harrods
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- 430,000 customer records
- Cause / method
- IT system breach
- Location
- United Kingdom
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Timeline
- Harrods informed customers of the theft of customer data in an IT system breach and the possibility of a leak.
- It emerged that 430,000 customer records had been stolen and that the hackers had contacted Harrods.
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