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El Corte Inglés, the great Spanish commercial chain, has suffered an indirect exfiltration of data. This was confirmed by those responsible in an email they have sent to their customers. In fact, it has been received by several people from the Xataka writing. In the message the English Court indicates that “recently an external supplier has suffered unauthorized access to personal data of our clients.” That means that the problem has arisen in the external supplier, and not directly in the systems of El Corte Inglés. The entity claims to have detected the problem and claim that “it was corrected immediately”, and the facts have already been informed of the authorities. The following indicates the following: “The information that has been accessed unauthorized consists of identifying and contact data, as well as shopping card numbers only in El Corte Inglés. In any case, such information does not allow third parties to operate or make payments with its El Corte Inglés card. You can continue using your card with total security, both in our stores and through our website and app, as well as in other shops. “ Thus, in El Corte Inglés they ensure that despite having leaked that data, such infromation cannot be used to operate with said cards. In fact, they emphasize that you can continue using the card without problems. The entity also warns customers that Be careful with possible phishing attackswhich are the most common after such theft. Once cybercounts are made with that data, they or others can use them as “hook” to supplant the identity of El Corte Inglés. However, from the entity they emphasize that they will never request passwords, security codes or confidential information by telephone, email or text messages. Customers can in any case contact the Corte Inglés service on the free phone 900 334 334 or send an email to the address delegate.proteccionatos@elcorteingles.es. In Xataka | Cybercriminals are delighted with AI: they are using it according to a Microsoft and OpenAI study