The owner of fashion brands Hobbs and Whistles has apologised to customers after being hit by a cyber attack, the second hack to impact a UK retailer in a week.
South African retail group The Foschini Group (TFG) said the “cybersecurity incident” happened on Sunday, affecting its UK subsidiary TFG London, with “certain of its IT systems” impacted – specifically its Phase Eight, Hobbs and Whistles brands.
No payment data risk
But it said there is “no reason to believe that payment information is at risk”.
Other high street brands, including Inside Story and White Stuff, are not affected.
Second retail hack in a week
It comes a week after fast fashion business Asos said an “unauthorised party” had gained access to some personal data, including names and contact details.
Asos customers received a phone alert saying that the retailer had been hacked, which claimed the data storage firm Snowflake had been compromised.
