WH Smith, the British retailer has confirmed that it was the target of a cyber attack resulting in illegal access to some company data, including current and former employees. The attack came less than a year after its online greetings card subsidiary, Funky Pigeon, was also attacked. Following the attack, WH Smith promptly lunched an investigation, sought assistance from specialist support services and implemented its incident response plans, which included notifying the relevant authorities. The company stated “WH Smith takes the issue of cybersecurity extremely seriously and investigations into the incident are ongoing. We are notifying all affected colleagues and have put measures in place to support them”.
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