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Ralph Lauren

Disclosed Apr 14, 2005180,000 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 affected180,000 (as reported by the organization)
DisclosedApr 14, 2005
AttackHacking
Data exposedPayment cards
SectorRetail · US
StatusUnverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization

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Added2026-09-25
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