Warning for shoppers after major high street shop leaks personal details of 10million customers | The Sun

SHOPPERS are being warned after a major high street shop was the target of a cyber attack, leaking customer details.

Millions of JD sports customers had their details leaked online including their names, addresses, and phone numbers following the attack.

The high street retailer says it has taken "immediate steps" to investigate and respond to the incident.

Around ten million customers who placed orders between November 2018 and October 2020 are said to be affected.

Neil Greenhalgh, chief financial officer of JD Sports, said: "We want to apologise to those customers who may have been affected by this incident.

"We are advising them to be vigilant about potential scam e-mails, calls and texts and providing details on how to report these.

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"We are continuing with a full review of our cyber security in partnership with external specialists following this incident."

JD Sports says it does not hold full payment card data and has "no reason to believe" that account passwords were accessed.

The information that may have been accessed includes:

• Name
• Billing address
• Delivery address
• Email address
• Phone number
• Order details
• Final four digits of payment cards

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Affected customers are being contacted directly and are being advised to be vigilant about potential scam emails, calls or texts.

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