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Seoul: Louis Vuitton has announced a data breach in South Korea, making it the latest luxury brand in the country to fall victim, following recent breaches at Dior, Tiffany, and Cartier. The company disclosed the incident on Friday, highlighting the growing trend of cyberattacks on luxury brands in South Korea.
According to a notice on its website, Louis Vuitton Korea revealed that a third-party accessed the company’s systems temporarily on June 8 and leaked some customer information. The company learned of the breach on Wednesday. The compromised data reportedly includes customer names, contact details, and other personal information supplied by customers. Importantly, Louis Vuitton clarified that no financial data, such as passwords or credit card details, were affected.
This incident is part of a series of high-profile data security breaches in South Korea’s luxury sector this year. In May, Dior issued an apology after discovering a breach that occurred in January. Tiffany also announced a data leak in May, which happened in April. Cartier reported a separate incident last month involving leaked personal information of its customers.
Additionally, ‘Must It,’ a prominent luxury goods e-commerce platform in South Korea, faced two hacking attempts in May and June. The platform warned that user data such as names, gender, and birth dates might have been stolen during these cyberattacks.
Meanwhile, the South Korean government announced it would fine SK Telecom Co. for delayed reporting of a major data breach that affected all 25 million users. The government also ordered the telecom provider to waive customer cancellation fees. The breach, reported late by SK Telecom in April, involved a cyberattack that potentially leaked USIM data. An investigation revealed that out of 42,605 servers, 28 contained malware and malicious code of 33 types, the Ministry of Science and ICT reported, marking one of South Korea’s worst data leaks in history.
