WH Smith has been hit by a cyber assault that has resulted in hackers getting access to personal firm information.

The stationary retailer and e book vendor, which has over 600 excessive road retailers within the UK, stated it has launched an investigation into the assault.

The retailer stated nonetheless, that buyer information was not affected and that there was “no impression” on the corporate’s buying and selling actions.

“Our web site, buyer accounts and underlying buyer databases are on separate programs which are unaffected by this incident,” a press release learn.

“WH Smith takes the difficulty of cyber safety extraordinarily critically and investigations into the incident are ongoing. We’re notifying all affected colleagues and have put measures in place to help them,” the corporate stated.

WH Smith is the newest firm to fall sufferer to cyber assaults as quite a few retailers and companies have reported hits.

In January, JD Sports activities reported that some 10 million clients may need had their addresses, cellphone numbers and e-mail addresses stolen in a hacking incident.

Moreover, the Royal Mail additionally suffered extreme disruption to its worldwide export companies for weeks following the same incident.