Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2017-11-14 00:00:00
Affected organization: Jewson
Affected country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Industry: Wholesale Trade
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Builders merchant Jewson notifies 1,659 customers that their private information could have been exposed in a breach occurred late this summer. The breach happened after malicious code was implanted in the Jeson Direct website.