Ralph Lauren
Disclosed Apr 14, 200521 years ago180,000 affectedUnverified
Card data of 180,000 Polo Ralph Lauren shoppers stolen by hackers
Hackers stole credit card numbers of about 180,000 Polo Ralph Lauren customers, many of them HSBC cardholders. The Secret Service later found the numbers with Eastern European criminals who made counterfeit cards.
What is known
| People affected | 180,000 (as reported by the organization) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Apr 14, 2005 |
| Attack | Hacking |
| Data exposed | Payment cards |
| Sector | Retail · US |
| Status | Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization |
Sources
| Source | |
|---|---|
| Privacy Rights Clearinghouse: A Chronology of Data Breaches (archived December 2008)web.archive.org · News | News |
Notices filed
| Where | Filed | People |
|---|---|---|
| Researchtotal | Apr 14, 2005 | 180,000 |
Other breaches at Ralph Lauren
| Breach | Affected | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosed Jun 18, 2026Jun 183 months agoExtortionUnverified | Jun 183 months ago | Extortion | Tech | Unverified | 140Kacct |
History of this record
- 2026-09-25 · added · seed source
First seen 2026-09-25 (Research). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.