Stolen Sephora customer data on sale on Dark Web

Singapore-based cyber security firm Group-IB said the Sephora customer records offered for sale on the Dark Web had information such as customers' login details as well as gender, full names and ethnicity. ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
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Customer data that was stolen from international beauty retailer Sephora is allegedly being sold online, a leading cyber security firm told The Straits Times.

Singapore-based Group-IB said that over three million records of customers are being peddled on the Dark Web, a part of the Internet where illegal transactions take place.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on August 02, 2019, with the headline Stolen Sephora customer data on sale on Dark Web. Subscribe