Supermarket chain Auchan hit with cyberattack, again

The French supermarket chain Auchan has been hit by a cyberattack, compromising data from loyalty accounts of hundreds of thousands of customers.

In a letter addressed to affected customers, the company says the attack resulted in unauthorized access to personal data associated with loyalty accounts. The data includes full names, email addresses, postal addresses, phone numbers, loyalty card numbers, and professional customer statuses.

In an attempt to reassure customers impacted by the data breach, Auchan assures that banking information, passwords, and PINs have not been affected. A company spokesperson told French news agency AFP that “a few hundred thousand” customers are affected by the data breach.

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