South African fashion retailer Foschini Group's UK arm hit by cyber incident

Oct 13 (Reuters) — South African fashion retailer The Foschini Group said on Tuesday it was investigating a recent cybersecurity incident at its UK operations, affecting its Phase Eight, Hobbs and Whistles brands. Some details from company statement: The company's UK operations detected a cybersecurity incident over the weekend that disrupted certain IT systems TFG London has engaged external cybersecurity specialists to contain the incident and informed all relevant UK authorities An investigation to establish whether any personal or other sensitive information has been compromised remains ongoing Several IT systems across its UK operations remain unavailable, while its operations in Africa and Australia are unaffected (Reporting by Prerna Bedi in Bengaluru; Editing by Priyanka G) ((Prerna.Bedi@thomsonreuters.com; +91 98052 24616;)