Has their IT been outsourced to India ...
... like a lot of their leather work?
Miscreants, hackers – call 'em what you will – have pilfered email addresses from an unknown number of Loake Shoes customers. In a letter sent to punters on its database – seen by The Register – the premium footwear maker said it has been "the victim of a cyber attack". "Despite having stringent security measures in place, …
I got the email last week and like the author of the article I didn't think the reference to the Wannacry episode was helpful or likely to be accurate. I considered sending a ranting email to them but in the end I couldn't be arsed - all I've ever given Loake is an email address, never made a password on any of their sites that I might have reused elsewhere, and since I already get spam on that address a little more isn't going to make any odds.
It's still irritating, mind, and seems like they might have made altogether avoidable errors.