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Victoria’s Secret has taken down its U_S_ website and says immoderate in-store services volition beryllium unavailable arsenic it addresses an unspecified “security incident.”
NEW YORK -- Victoria's Secret has taken down its U.S. website and says immoderate in-store services volition beryllium unavailable arsenic it addresses an unspecified “security incident."
A connection to customers remained in place of the fashionable lingerie brand's mean buying tract Thursday, stating that the institution had halted these services “as a precaution.”
“Our squad is moving astir the timepiece to afloat reconstruct operations," the connection read.
Victoria's Secret did not instantly supply much details astir the “security incident," oregon specify whether it was a cyber attack. The Associated Press reached retired to the Ohio institution for further accusation connected Thursday.
It besides wasn't instantly wide erstwhile Victoria's Secret identified the contented and began halting immoderate of its operations. Most media reports of Victoria's Secret website going acheronian emerged Wednesday — erstwhile the institution besides shared an update on societal media — but immoderate frustrated customers online said they began experiencing issues earlier successful the week.
A lawsuit FAQ updated Wednesday night connected Victoria's Secret firm tract noted that it did not person an nonstop timing regarding the instrumentality of its website — and that lawsuit attraction services were besides unavailable.
The institution said that it is trying to fulfill orders placed earlier Monday and that it would beryllium extending instrumentality windows and immoderate nonstop message coupon offers for impacted customers successful the U.S.
Victoria’s Secret said its stores, arsenic good arsenic its PINK marque locations, stay unfastened for customers. But immoderate in-store services, specified arsenic returning online orders successful person, are unavailable per its lawsuit FAQ.
It was not instantly wide if immoderate in-store services successful Victoria's Secret locations extracurricular the U.S. were besides impacted. But the company's U.K. tract appeared uninterrupted Thursday.
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