Mon, 15 Sep 2025

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 Gucci, Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen private data ransomed by hackers

Kering, the luxury French fashion house which owns the brands, confirmed the attack to BBC News.

* A cyber attack has stolen private details of potentially millions of customers from luxury brands including Balenciaga, Gucci and Alexander McQueen.
* The stolen data includes names, email addresses, phone numbers, addresses and total amount spent in stores.
* No financial information, such as card details, was stolen.
* Kering, the parent company of the brands, has confirmed the breach and notified affected customers by email.
* Cyber criminal "Shiny Hunters" claims to have 7.4m unique email addresses linked to the data breach.
* The hacker appears to be acting alone and breached the luxury brands in April through Kering.
* Shiny Hunters is believed to be responsible for a wave of attacks on luxury brands, including Cartier and Louis Vuitton.
* The breach has raised concerns about secondary hacks and scams targeting high-spending customers.
* Kering has secured its IT systems and refused to pay the hacker's ransom demand.
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