Major apparel supplier VF Corp followed its December cyber attack disclosurewith the most recent Securities and Exchange Commission form Acknowledging a data breach that affected 35.5 million customers. This means that if you’ve bought from his main brands like Vans, North Face, Timberland, Dickies and more, you may have been affected. But VF Corp still insists the incident will not hurt its financial performance.
Initially, VF Corp. warned customers that the cyber attack it experienced in December could affect the fulfillment of its holiday orders. The company said “unauthorized events” in its IT systems caused disruptions to operations and attackers stole personal information. Now, it’s revealed just how widespread the attack’s damage could be.
VF Corp did not respond to a request for comment to clarify what kind of data the hackers stole. However, in an SEC filing, the company said it did not collect consumers’ social security numbers, bank account information or payment card information, and there was no evidence that hackers stole passwords. It also said that the unauthorized users had been “removed” from their systems by December 15 after they were discovered two days ago.
“Since the submission of the Initial Report, VF has substantially restored the IT systems and data affected by the cyber incident, but continues to operate with minor operational impact,” the latest submission said. VF has yet to confirm who is behind the attack.
