WH Smith reports illegal access of employee data in cyber incident
By MYBRANDBOOK
WH Smith said it was investigating a cyber security incident that led to illegal access to some company data, including that of existing and former employees. The compromised data includes employee names, addresses, dates of birth and national insurance numbers.
The company has also notified relevant authorities as part of its incident response plan. The company said its website, customer accounts and underlying customer databases are on separate systems and were not affected. The incident did not impact its trading activities either.
“WH Smith takes the issue of cyber security extremely seriously and investigations into the incident are ongoing,” the company said in a statement. “Our website, customer accounts and underlying customer databases are on separate systems that are unaffected by this incident.”
Besides employee data, it is currently unclear if any other company information was accessed from the breach or how long the threat actor had access.
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