HK Probes Louis Vuitton Data Leak After UK, Korea Attacks (1)

Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog is investigating a data leak affecting about 419,000 customers of Louis Vuitton, as the luxury giant suffers from a string of cyber attacks across its key markets in recent months.

Leaked data of the Hong Kong customers include names, passport numbers, birth dates, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, shopping history and product preferences, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data said in an emailed statement on Monday. The affected database doesn’t contain any payment information, a spokesperson for Louis Vuitton in Hong Kong said.

The office is looking into the case, including whether there’s ...