Auchan announced a customer database leak, an audit is underway

The security service of the Auchan retailer confirmed the data leakage of the network’s customers, information about which appeared on the morning of June 6 in specialized Telegram channels. Also, Roskomnadzor has already become interested in what happened.

“At the moment, we are conducting an internal investigation in order to establish the attack vector and the source of the leak,” they said. “RIA News” in the press service of the trading network. The retailer does not specify how many buyers’ data was made public.

Roskomnadzor will conduct an audit in connection with information about possible leaks of data of customers of Auchan and Your House retail chains, reported TASS to the department’s press office.

On the morning of June 6 Telegram channel “Information Leaks” informedthat data allegedly belonging to the clients of the Auchan and Your House retail chains got into the public domain. Auchan data is presented in text files with more than 7.8 million lines, including first and last name, phone number, email address, and more. There are more than 700 thousand lines in the database of presumably clients of the company “Your House”. The shopping network “Your House” has not yet confirmed the information about the leakage of their customers’ data.

Alexander Kislov