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ADIDAS, WHICH IS RIVALLED BY THE LIKES OF NIKE, REEBOK AND MORE, SAID AN "UNAUTHORISED" PARTY HAD ACCESSED CUSTOMER DATA. 09:09, 31 May 2025 Adidas has issued a message to
customers after details were stolen in cyber attack. Adidas, which is rivalled by the likes of Nike, Reebok and more, said an "unauthorised" party had accessed customer data. In a
message to shoppers and customers in Birmingham and beyond, the German sportswear brand warned: "Adidas recently became aware that an unauthorised external party obtained certain
consumer data through a third-party customer service provider. "We immediately took steps to contain the incident and launched a comprehensive investigation, collaborating with leading
information security experts. READ MORE UK SET TO SIZZLE IN 'GLORIOUS' 27C MINI-HEATWAVE WITH 33 COUNTIES IN ENGLAND HIT "The affected data does not contain passwords, credit
card or any other payment-related information. It mainly consists of contact information relating to consumers who had contacted our customer service help desk in the past. "Adidas is
in the process of informing potentially affected consumers as well as appropriate data protection and law enforcement authorities consistent with applicable law. "We remain fully
committed to protecting the privacy and security of our consumers, and sincerely regret any inconvenience or concern caused by this incident." It comes after Marks & Spencer has
said it will take an estimated £300m hit to profits this year because of the disruption from the cyber-attack. Last week Google told the Guardian that UK-based members of Scattered Spider
were actively “facilitating” cyber-attacks. Article continues below "We are looking at the group that is publicly known as Scattered Spider, but we've got a range of different
hypotheses and we'll follow the evidence to get to the offenders," Paul Foster, head of the NCA's national cyber-crime unit, said in a new BBC documentary. "In light of
all the damage that we're seeing, catching whoever is behind these attacks is our top priority," he added. "We know that Scattered Spider are largely English-speaking but that
doesn't necessarily mean that they're in the UK - we know that they communicate online amongst themselves in a range of different platforms and channels, which is, I guess, key to
their ability to then be able to operate as a collective," Mr Foster said.