Customer Data Exposed in LDLC and LuLu Retail Breaches
French retailer LDLC disclosed a breach affecting customers of its physical stores after stolen data was advertised for sale on a hacking forum. The exposed dataset reportedly included 1.26 million unique email addresses along with customers' names, phone numbers, and physical addresses, indicating broad exposure of personally identifiable information tied to retail transactions.
Emirati retailer LuLu also suffered a customer data breach in which an initial set of about 190,000 email addresses and linked phone numbers was shared on a hacking forum. The incident escalated when the threat actor later leaked a larger backup from October 2022, exposing an additional 2.6 million unique email addresses as well as names, physical addresses, order data, and PBKDF2 password hashes, significantly increasing the risk of account compromise and follow-on phishing or fraud.
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Aug 1, 2024
Threat actor leaks LuLu's full database backup
In the month following the initial LuLu breach, the threat actor released a backup from October 2022 after threatening to leak the full database. The larger leak contained an additional 2.6 million unique email addresses, along with names, physical addresses, order data, and PBKDF2 password hashes.
Jul 1, 2024
Stolen LuLu data shared on hacking forum
After the July 2024 breach, the initially exposed LuLu customer data was shared on a popular hacking forum. The shared data included roughly 190,000 email addresses and phone numbers.
Jul 1, 2024
LuLu suffers breach exposing customer contact data
In July 2024, Emirati retailer LuLu experienced a data breach that exposed customer contact information. The initially impacted data included about 190,000 email addresses and associated phone numbers.
Mar 1, 2024
LDLC discloses breach affecting physical-store customers
In March 2024, French retailer LDLC disclosed a data breach affecting customers of its physical stores. The compromised data reportedly included 1.26 million unique email addresses, names, phone numbers, and physical addresses.
Mar 1, 2024
LDLC customer data advertised for sale before disclosure
Before LDLC publicly disclosed its breach, stolen customer data from its physical stores was advertised for sale on a popular hacking forum. The exposed dataset reportedly included customer contact and address information.
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