Fashion Nexus Data Breach

What happened?

In July 2018, UK-based ecommerce company Fashion Nexus suffered a data breach which exposed 1.4 million records . Multiple websites developed by sister company White Room Solutions were impacted in the breach amongst which were sites including Jaded London and AX Paris . The various sites exposed in the incident included a range of different data types including names, phone numbers, addresses and passwords stored as a mix of salted MD5 and SHA-1 as well as unsalted MD5 passwords. When asked by reporter Graham Cluley if a public statement on the incident was available, a one-word response of "No" was received.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is July 9, 2018. The record was added to the catalogue on July 31, 2018 and last updated there on July 31, 2018.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Browser user agent details
• Dates of birth
• Email addresses
• Genders
• IP addresses
• Names
• Passwords
• Phone numbers
• Physical addresses
• Purchases

These are incident-level categories. The record does not prove that every category was exposed for every affected person.

Who may be affected?

This record may be relevant to people who had an account or other relationship with Fashion Nexus or used fashionnexus.co.uk around July 9, 2018. A catalogue entry does not establish that every customer was affected or that every listed data category applied to each person. Compare the record with an official notice addressed to you.

What should you do?

Choose actions that match the information involved. If you find signs that someone is using your identity, the Federal Trade Commission provides a personal recovery plan at IdentityTheft.gov.