Rituals confirms loyalty program customer data leak

Colleagues, please note: in cybersecurity news — cosmetics retailer Rituals has confirmed an unauthorized extraction of member data from its loyalty database in April.

Key facts:
- The company has notified customers; TechCrunch corroborated the report.
- Exposed data includes full name, date of birth, gender, postal and email addresses, phone number, preferred store and account type.
- The incident affected customers in Europe, the UK and parts of the US; exact numbers remain undisclosed as the investigation continues.

Why this matters: such data raises the risk of phishing, fraud and extortion.

Recommendations: check notifications from Rituals, change passwords and increase account activity monitoring.

How will you respond to similar alerts?

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