Oh, Joy. Chanel Got Pwned. Again.

Right, so listen up, you lot. Apparently, the high-and-mighty fashion house of Chanel – yes, that Chanel, full of overpriced handbags and ridiculous perfumes – got hit with a bunch of data theft attacks targeting their Salesforce instance. Shocking. Absolutely fucking shocking. Like they thought some fancy branding would protect them from basic cybercrime.

Some scumbag(s) are actively selling stolen data on the dark web, including customer details and internal Chanel info. We’re talking names, addresses, email addresses – the usual crap you’d expect. They claim to have a *lot* of it, too. Because apparently, keeping sensitive information secure is just…optional these days.

Chanel’s being tight-lipped as always, naturally. “We are aware…” blah, blah, blah. Standard corporate bullshit. They’re “investigating” and “taking measures.” Translation: they’re scrambling to figure out how badly they screwed up after probably ignoring security warnings for years.

This isn’t even a new thing; these attacks have been going on since December, targeting multiple Salesforce customers. So Chanel wasn’t alone, but that doesn’t make it any better. It just means a whole bunch of companies are run by idiots. And now *you* might be getting phished because some fashionista couldn’t secure their CRM.

Honestly, the whole thing is just… pathetic. Don’t expect me to shed a tear over Chanel’s misfortune. They can afford better security. They just didn’t bother.

Source: BleepingComputer

Related Anecdote (Because I Feel Like Being Miserable)

I once had to debug a system where the entire database was backed up…to a shared network drive with *no* permissions. No encryption, no access controls, just sitting there for anyone to stroll by and grab it. The sysadmin said “It’s never been accessed before!”. Yeah, well, that’s what they all say right before everything goes to hell. This Chanel thing? Same energy. Just a bunch of incompetence wrapped in expensive marketing.

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