The parent company behind popular brands like The North Face, Supreme and Vans said it experienced a cybersecurity incident that affected its online order achievement capabilities.
VF Corp. said in a Monday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that a threat actor recently encrypted a few of its information technology (IT) systems, resulting in online order achievement and other operational disruptions.
Data was also taken, the clothing company said.
VF Corp. is “working to bring the impacted portions of its IT systems back online and implement workarounds for certain offline operations with the aim of reducing disruption to its ability to serve its retail and brand e-commerce consumers and wholesale customers,” based on the filing.
FOX Business reached out to VF Corp. for added comment.
Customers can still buy items from VF’s physical locations world wide and make purchases on “most” of their brand’s web sites, the corporate said within the filing.
VF Corp. operates greater than 1,200 stores as of September. Its other brands include Timberland, Dickies and JanSport.
VF Corp experienced a cybersecurity incident that affected its online order achievement capabilities. Getty Images
Customers can still buy items from VF’s physical locations world wide and make purchases on “most” of their brand’s web sites, the corporate said within the filing.
VF Corp. operates greater than 1,200 stores as of September. Its other brands include Timberland, Dickies and JanSport.
It disclosed it didn’t yet know if the corporate would see a fabric financial impact because of the cybersecurity incident that it continued to analyze.
It did note the incident was “reasonably prone to proceed to have a fabric impact on the Company’s business operations until recovery efforts are accomplished.”
