Security News > 2023 > March > Intruder alert: WH Smith hit by another cyber attack

Less than a year after its online greetings card subsidiary Funky Pigeon was attacked, WH Smith has admitted someone broke into its systems.

WH Smith said the attack had "Resulted" in illegal access to some company data, including on current and former employees.

In April last year, someone illegally accessed systems of WH Smith's subsidiary Funky Pigeon.

The online greetings card and gifts business had to stop taking orders during the attack, but said that payment data was not affected.

The latest developments at WH Smith come a week after the Royal Mail resumed international shipments as it recovers from an attack by individuals who said they weren't, and then that they were, part of Russia-linked group LockBit.

The Royal Mail told Reuters that its investigation didn't find any financial or sensitive customer information among the data the thieves stole.

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