VF Corporation, the owner and operator of apparel and footwear brands, revealed that 35.5 million customers’ personal information was stolen in a ransomware attack in December 2023.
In mid-December, the Denver, Colorado-based company, which owns brands like Dickies, The North Face, Smartwool, Timberland, and Vans, announced that it had taken certain systems offline in response to a ransomware attack that had disrupted its operations. VF Corp stated from the start that the attackers gained access to certain corporate and personal information, and that the incident was expected to have a significant impact.
Following the shutdown of systems to contain the attack, the company was unable to replenish retail store inventory, causing order fulfillment to be delayed.
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