Lakeland hacked, all customer passwords deleted

UK home shopping pioneers Lakeland have sent an email to all customers past and present to warn them that the retailers website has been hacked. What Managing Director Sam Rayner calls a "sophisticated and sustained attack" took place late on Friday 19th July. Measures were taken at the time to block that attack and repair the system, however the ongoing investigation has revealed that two encrypted databases were compromised. In that email to customers, Rayner states that the company has been "unable to find any evidence that the data has been stolen" but nonetheless has taken immediate action to delete all customer passwords used on the site. Customers logging in will be required to choose a new password.