The owner of online department store Shein has been fined $1,9 million for failing to notify its 39 million user customers of infringement data
To the company Zoetop Business Co Ltd from Hong Kong, which owns the online department store Shein, as well as the similar Romwe, was fined $1,9 million by a New York court for failing to disclose a data breach from 2018.
It should be noted that Shein supports the European Union market (and Greece), the American continent and England, with respective websites.
Η Shein, η οποία ιδρύθηκε στην Κίνα και πρόσφατα μετέφερε τα βασικά της περιουσιακά στοιχεία στη Σιγκαπούρη, σημείωσε εκρηκτική ανάπτυξη κατά τη διάρκεια της πανδημίας, καθώς η πρόληψη του ιού ώθησε τους καταναλωτές να ψωνίσουν στο διαδίκτυο. Η εντυπωσιακή του προσιτή τιμή και οι τεράστιες επιλογές ρούχων το έχουν καταστήσει μία από τις ταχύτερα αναπτυσσόμενες platforms καταναλωτικού Internet worldwide in the last two years.
In 2018, an attack was carried out against her that resulted in the theft of 39 million Shein account credentials, of which over 375.000 belonged to New York residents, according to a statement of the New York state attorney general this week
An investigation by the attorney general's office found that Zoetop contacted only "a small fraction" of the 39 million accounts that were compromised, and for the vast majority of affected users, the company did not notify them that their login credentials had been stolen.
The attorney general's office also concluded that Zoetop's public statements about the data breach were misleading. In one case, the company falsely stated that only 6,42 million consumers were affected and that it was in the process informationof all affected users.
If you've had an account there since 2018, you've probably been affected and it's a good idea to change your passwords.
