Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-03-04 00:00:00
Affected organization: Boots
Affected country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Industry: Retail Trade
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of End Hosts
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Boots suspends payments using loyalty points in shops and online after attempts to break into customers' accounts using stolen passwords.