Security News > 2021 > June > Fashion titan French Connection says 'FCUK' as REvil-linked ransomware makes off with data

Cheeky clothing firm French Connection, also known as FCUK, has become the latest victim of ransomware, with a gang understood to be linked to REvil having penetrated its back-end - making off with a selection of private internal data.

Founded in 1972 by current chief executive Stephen Marks, French Connection made a name for itself when it adopted the not-actually-rude-honest slogan "FCUK" in its advertising in the early 2000s.

Sadly, attackers understood to be related to the REvil ransomware gang needed no such optical enhancements to spot a security vulnerability in the company's back-end systems.

In a statement to French Connection confirmed it had "Been the target of an organised cyber-attack affecting its back-end servers, which control its internal systems and operations."

French Connection said it had "No evidence" to suggest that any data relating to its customers had been accessed during the breach, and that so far the attack has "Not had a material impact on trading" with the company "Continuing to operate largely as normal."

French Connection refused to comment on whether it had received such a demand and, if so, how much it was asked to pay to keep the data private.

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