Retail website Shein.com faced serious data breach after malicious hackers stole the details of 6.42 million people.
The company’s servers were scanned and malware was found, which was later removed.
Email addresses and encrypted passwords were taken.
Shein encouraged users to change their passwords.
Source: https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/cyber-attack-at-fashion-website-shein-com-hits-6-4m-customers
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/shein
"id": "she175230922",
"linkid": "shein",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "6/2017",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': '6.42 million',
'industry': 'E-commerce',
'name': 'Shein.com',
'type': 'Retail'}],
'attack_vector': 'Malware',
'data_breach': {'data_encryption': 'Encrypted passwords',
'number_of_records_exposed': '6.42 million',
'personally_identifiable_information': 'Email addresses',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Email addresses',
'Encrypted passwords']},
'description': 'Retail website Shein.com faced a serious data breach after '
'malicious hackers stole the details of 6.42 million people. '
'The company’s servers were scanned and malware was found, '
'which was later removed. Email addresses and encrypted '
'passwords were taken. Shein encouraged users to change their '
'passwords.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Email addresses', 'Encrypted passwords'],
'systems_affected': ['Servers']},
'response': {'containment_measures': ['Malware was found and later removed'],
'remediation_measures': ['Encouraged users to change their '
'passwords']},
'threat_actor': 'Malicious Hackers',
'title': 'Shein.com Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}