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MASSIVE DATA BREACH AT VF HITS 35M VANS, RETAIL CUSTOMERSMASSIVE DATA BREACH AT
VF HITS 35M VANS, RETAIL CUSTOMERS

A month on from a retail conglomerate's data breach, it's still not clear
exactly what the hackers stole, but impacted brands include Dickies, Northface,
Timberland, Vans, and more.

Nate Nelson, Contributing Writer

January 19, 2024

2 Min Read
Source: Medicimage Education via Alamy Stock Photo


Personal data belonging to 35.5 million customers of popular apparel brands was
exposed in a December data breach, though the exact nature of the stolen data
remains unclear.

The befelled company, VF Corporation, is a 125-year-old, $6 billion dollar
clothing conglomerate based out of Denver. Popular brands under its umbrella
include Dickies, JanSport, North Face, Supreme, Timberland, Vans, and more.

Per annual cybercrime tradition, VF discovered it had been breached during the
leadup to the holiday shopping season, on Dec. 13. Aside from disruptions to its
business operations, personal data belonging to more than 35 million of its
customers was siphoned off, according to an 8-K/A filing with the US Securities
and Exchange Commission (SEC), updated yesterday.




VF DATA BREACH: WHAT WE KNOW

After first discovering the incident, VF reported having to shut down some of
its IT systems. Doing so caused disruptions to certain operations, including
delays to inventory replenishment, shipments, and order fulfillment. As a
result, demand for certain affected brands' websites slowed, and some customers
canceled orders.



The company kicked the cyberattackers out of its systems on Dec. 15. The 8-K/A
does not specify the nature of the attack nor the perpetrators but, in its Dark
Web blog last month, AlphV/BlackCat claimed responsibility, which may mean
ransomware and extortion were involved.

Even now, more than a month on, the company "is still experiencing minor
residual impacts from the cyber incident," according to the 8-K/A, though it has
"substantially restored the IT systems and data that were impacted," and resumed
as normal with inventory and orders.




WHAT VF RETAIL CUSTOMER DATA WAS STOLEN?

VF did not disclose on Thursday what customer information was stolen from its IT
systems and noted that its investigation is ongoing.

It did, however, highlight certain data that wasn't stolen. There's no evidence
yet to suggest that customers' account passwords were taken, and the company
does not store Social Security numbers, bank account details, or credit card
numbers in its IT systems.

"By disclosing what wasn't taken, VF is providing a certain level of assurance
to the SEC and their investors that several types of highly sensitive
[personally identifiable information] PII were not among the 35 million
records," says Padraic O'Reilly, co-founder and chief innovation officer for
CyberSaint.



However, he adds, "based on this, we can assume that customer names, addresses,
demographic and purchase information might be in play. 8-Ks are usually staged
as investigations progress, so this is a stay-tuned situation."




ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)

Nate Nelson, Contributing Writer



Nate Nelson is a freelance writer based in New York City. Formerly a reporter at
Threatpost, he contributes to a number of cybersecurity blogs and podcasts. He
writes "Malicious Life" -- an award-winning Top 20 tech podcast on Apple and
Spotify -- and hosts every other episode, featuring interviews with leading
voices in security. He also co-hosts "The Industrial Security Podcast," the most
popular show in its field.

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