SG fashion brand fined S$24,000 over 2019 data breach involving over 5,500 customers

The data breach involved an administrator account of a software used by the brand to manage its ecommerce website. — AFP Relaxnews

SINGAPORE: Home-grown fashion label Love, Bonito has been fined S$24,000 (RM76,897) over a 2019 data breach which saw personal information of more than 5,500 customers compromised.

It had failed to put in place reasonable security arrangements to protect the personal data, which included customers’ first and last names, phone numbers and credit card details, said the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) in its written decision published last Thursday (May 19).