High street retailer WHSmith has reported it has been the target of a cyber attack with hackers accessing company data.
The company said information regarding current and former employees had also been accessed by hackers during the security breach.
Bosses of the established retailer said the situation does not impact its trading activities and stressed that the brand’s website, customer accounts and customer databases were all safe, as they were operated on a separate system.
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WHSmith told PA: “Upon becoming aware of the incident, we immediately launched an investigation, engaged specialist support services and implemented our incident response plans, which included notifying the relevant authorities.”
It added: “WH Smith takes the issue of cyber security extremely seriously and investigations into the incident are ongoing.
“We are notifying all affected colleagues and have put measures in place to support them.”
The news follows a wave of similar data breaches over recent months, including cyber attacks at fashion retailer JD Sports, who warned in January that around 10 million people’s personal information was at risk.
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