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Cyberattack at Auchan, the data of more than 500,000 clients stolen
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Cyberattack at Auchan, the data of more than 500,000 clients stolen

Auchan has been victimized by a cyber attack, the distributor announced on Tuesday.
The data of more than 500,000 customers “associés à un compte de fidélité” were stolen.

A new piracy d’ampleur. Après Free, Boulanger, Molotov or encore Divia, Auchan a été “victim of a cyber attack”affirme mardi 19 novembre une porte-parole du groupe à l’AFP. This attack was notified to the Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (Cnil) et aux clients, pursued-elle.

Concrete, “some personal data” of more than 500,000 customers “associate with a loyalty account” ont été volées I am concerned “the name, the first name, the email address, the postal address, the telephone number, the family composition and elle est renseignée, the date of birth, the loyalty card number and the loyalty card amount”details of porte-parole de l’enseigne de grande distribution. in return, “Les données bancaires, les mots de passe et les PIN codes des cards de fidélité are not pas contressentes”, assure yourself.

The distributor sent an email to his clients on Tuesday to warn them of this leak. I invite him “à la plus grande vigilance are at risk of fraudulent e-mails, SMS or calls”. “All necessary measures were taken immediately to put an end to this attack and strengthen the protection of information systems”precisely Auchan. The incident happened “circumcised” etc “la vigilance reinforced”indique la porte parole de l’enseigne.

Aucune précision sur la date lors de laquelle est survenue l’attaque n’a été communicated.


MG with AFP