Adidas loses customer data in latest cyber attack

Popular sportswear company Adidas has said it has been hit by a cyber attack. Personal customer information has been stolen, though passwords and payment data is currently safe.

The clothing company Adidas has been affected by a breach in its cyber security, it has confirmed.

According to a statement, Adidas said that ‘certain consumer data’ had been compromised. This information is mainly contact information from people who had called the company’s help desk, the BBC reports.

An update was posted on the official Adidas website, which reads: ‘an unauthorised external party obtained certain consumer data through a third-party customer service provider.’

In addition, the statement says that the ‘affected data does not contain passwords, credit card or any other payment-related information.’

This news comes after a string of cyber security attacks on well-known corporations, including The Co-Op and M&S in the UK.

In both of these cases, the attacks were serious enough to halt company operations and disrupt both payment systems and the distribution of goods. That does not seem to be the case for Adidas; while the data…