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UK: Superdrug hack: Data thieves claim to have information on 20,000 customers

Posted on August 21, 2018 by Dissent

Jon Sharman reports:

Superdrug has been targeted by hackers claiming they had access to tens of thousands of customers’ personal details including dates of birth and phone numbers.

The high street chain it had been contacted by someone who claimed that they had obtained the details of approximately 20,000 customers.

The company confirmed that 386 of the accounts had been compromised and said was it was working to establish the exact number.

Read more on Independent. There’s no mention of how much money the hackers demanded or details of how they communicated with the drug chain.

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