The sportswear company JD Sports is reporting that potentially the data it held on over 10 million customers may have been accessed in a cyber attack:
JD Sports says 10 million customers hit by cyber attack. – BBC News
The issues covers several of the company’s brands:
- JD
- Size?
- Millets
- Blacks
- Scotts
- MilletSport
JD Sports is contacting customers that may have been affected.
If you have an online account with any of the above, even though JD Sprots is saying that card and password was not stolen, it is time to change the password – and if you have reused that password anywhere (and of course you should not do that) then change those passwords to something unique as well and check your card for misuse.
Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security) – by-line and other articles
Further Reading
What is Credential Stuffing and why is it a problem for you? – CyberAwake
