Security News > 2021 > March > FatFace sends controversial data breach email after ransomware attack
British clothing brand FatFace has sent a controversial 'confidential' data breach notification to customers after suffering a ransomware attack earlier this year.
This week, customers began receiving data breach notifications revealing that the popular lifestyle clothing brand, FatFace, had suffered a data breach after a cyberattack on January 17th, 2021.
"Our systems are fully secure and FatFace remains a safe place to shop online or in person" - except for the data breach they just had! pic.
What was controversial about the data breach notification is that it told recipients to "Please do keep this email and the information included within it strictly private and confidential."
While many felt that FatFace was trying to keep the data breach under wraps, it turns out there was much more to the story.
According to Computer Weekly, the data breach was caused by a Conti ransomware attack in January 2021.
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