WH Smith PLC Notice of cyber security incident (6557R)
02 Marzo 2023 - 11:00AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 6557R
WH Smith PLC
02 March 2023
WH Smith PLC
2 March 2023
Notice of cyber security incident
WH Smith PLC has been the target of a cyber security incident
which has resulted in illegal access to some company data,
including current and former employee data. Upon becoming aware of
the incident, we immediately launched an investigation, engaged
specialist support services and implemented our incident response
plans, which included notifying the relevant authorities.
WH Smith takes the issue of cyber security extremely seriously
and investigations into the incident are ongoing. We are notifying
all affected colleagues and have put measures in place to support
them.
There has been no impact on the trading activities of the Group.
Our website, customer accounts and underlying customer databases
are on separate systems that are unaffected by this incident.
The strong trading performance of the business, detailed in our
trading update on 18 January 2023, has continued across the Group.
The Group will report its results for the half year to 28 February
2023 on 20 April 2023.
Enquiries:
WH Smith Investors
Mark Boyle 07879 897687
Brunswick
Tim Danaher 020 7404 5959
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