Hackers have stolen the private details of potentially millions of customers from luxury fashion brands Gucci , Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen , according to a report by the BBC. The cyberattack targeted the labels' French parent company, Kering .

Kering confirmed the breach in a statement without naming the affected brands. It said that in June, “an unauthorized third party gained temporary access to our systems and accessed limited customer data from some of our Houses.”

The attack appears to be part of a broader wave of cyber incidents affecting global luxury brands and retailers this year.

Breaches have also occurred at Richemont ’s Cartier and several labels owned by luxury group LVMH . In July, Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog announced an investigation into a data lea

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