Posted On May 19, 2023 Consumer Privacy & Data Breaches
May 19 – Luxottica Group S.p.A. (“Luxottica”) acknowledged on May 19, 2023, that a data breach of a vendor’s computer network occurred in 2021, exposing the confidential information of as many as 70 million individuals. Third-party sources indicate that the breach exposed the names, birth dates, addresses, and email addresses of consumers to a third party. When it became clear that consumer information had been compromised, Luxottica immediately started sending out data breach notification letter those who had been affected. What’s especially alarming to consumers is that the compromised information was recently made available for free on a number of well-known hacker sites.
Data breach lawyers at Console & Associates, P.C. are conducting an investigation into the Luxottica data breach on behalf of individuals whose personal information has been compromised. As part of this investigation, we are offering free consultations to anyone whose personal information was exposed by the data breach.
Although details of the Luxottica data breach are still emerging, what is known so far is that the issue is related to a data breach that occurred at one of the company’s suppliers in 2021. The data breach was discovered towards the end of 2022 when a member of a now-defunct ransomware group advertised for sale a database that it claimed held 300 million records of Luxottica clients in the US and Canada.
Luxottica Group began reviewing the affected files and discovered that confidential consumer information was made accessible to an unauthorized individual(s). Your name, date of birth, address, and email address might have been compromised, albeit the specific information compromised will vary from person to person.
The information was then made freely available on several hacker forums between April 30 and May 12, 2023. According to a data analyst, there are 305 million records in the database, including 74.4 million unique email addresses. The investigator speculates that the information was stolen by hackers on March 16, 2021. Also, Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) founder Troy Hunt has revealed that a total of 77,093,812 accounts were compromised in the incident. He will be sending data breach notifications to over 320,000 individuals.
While the investigation continues, Luxottica Group has started delivering its own data breach notifications to those people whose data was exposed in the 2021 incident.
Luxottica Group S.p.A. creates and produces a variety of prescription eyeglasses and sunglasses under a number of different brands, including Dolce & Gabbana, Chanel, Prada, Versace, Burberry, Michael Kors, Giorgio Armani, Oakley, and Ray-Ban. The Italian company Luxottica, which has its headquarters in Milan, owns many retailers where its goods are sold, including Pearle Vision, Glasses.com, Sunglass Hut, Apex by Sunglass Hut, Target Optical, and LensCrafters. More than 80,000 people are employed by Luxottica Group, which brings in over $21 billion annually.
The consumer privacy lawyers at Console & Associates, P.C. help customers affected by data and security breaches pursue legal solutions by offering free consultations. By explaining your rights in clear, concise terms, we help you make an informed decision about your next steps. If you are a victim of the Luxottica Group S.p.A. data breach, Console & Associates, P.C. will investigate at no charge to you and offer advice on how to proceed. If you decide to pursue a case, rest assured that we don’t get paid unless you do. If your claim is successful, legal fees are either paid out of the funds recovered or by the defendant. If your claim is not successful, you pay nothing.
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