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Sephora Announces Data Leak That Affects S’poreans, Users Advised To Change Email Passwords

Sephora Data Leak In Singapore, Exact Number Of Affected Customers Remains Unknown

Sephora – a beauty retailer with 12 local outlets – announced on Monday (29 Jul) that a major breach of user’s data occurred some time in the past 2 weeks.

Source

The breach spans customers across the Asia-Pacific region — including these countries:

  • Singapore
  • Malaysia
  • Indonesia
  • Thailand
  • Philippines
  • New Zealand
  • Australia

According to the email blasted out to subscribers of the platform, some “personal information” was exposed to “unauthorised third parties”.

Email address & passwords leaked

In essence, this information was part of the leak:

  • First & last name
  • Date of birth
  • Gender
  • Email address
  • Encrypted passwords
  • Beauty preference data

The only silver lining for affected users is that no “credit card information” has apparently been accessed. Sephora also claims that they don’t believe “any personal data has been misused”.

Unknown number of users affected

Besides apologising to their users, Sephora will be resetting all passwords for their accounts.

If you’re an affected user, you can also consider signing up for their “free personal data monitoring service” by 30 Nov at a link to be provided at a later date.

Do note that you’re also highly encouraged to change any email account passwords, or shared data ASAP — to prevent any spillover effects from this incident.

Featured image adapted from Sephora on Facebook.

 
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