Security News > 2021 > November > Not Punny: Angling Direct Breach Cripples Retailer for Days

The U.K.'s largest fishing retailer, Angling Direct, experienced a system breach on Nov. 5 that resulted in their domain being redirected to Pornhub.

Apparently, the attackers obtained login credentials for its Twitter and other social-media accounts, since the hackers were able to alert them, and their customers, to the breach through a Nov. 7 tweet from the Angling Direct feed.

Followers of the Angling Direct account figured out quickly that the company had been breached.

Besides inspiring armies of Twitter punsters to take their shot with phishing, lures, bait, dangling v. Angling and so many more, the breach forced the London Stock Exchange-traded company to put out an official statement on Nov. 8 acknowledging the incident.

Later, an Angling Direct spokesperson told Threatpost, "Just to follow up here - we can confirm after engaging with our advisers and providers we have managed to take back control of our website. The rollout will take some time to flow through in all areas but the process is underway."

Angling Direct said in its statement that both law enforcement and regulators have been alerted to the breach and potential exposure of personal data.

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