J.Crew · Legal & Risk

Historical Cybersecurity Incident and Data Breach

HistoricalLast updated: 4 December 2020

Retail Brands summary

J.Crew experienced a cybersecurity incident in 2019 that resulted in unauthorized access to customer email addresses and passwords, which was reported in December 2020.

Key facts

Brand

J.Crew

Signal category

Legal & Risk

Current status

Historical

Importance

Medium

Scope

Global

Sources

1 (Bitdefender)

Last updated

4 December 2020

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