back to article Fashion titan French Connection says 'FCUK' as REvil-linked ransomware makes off with data

Cheeky clothing firm French Connection, also known as FCUK, has become the latest victim of ransomware, with a gang understood to be linked to REvil having penetrated its back-end - making off with a selection of private internal data. Founded in 1972 by current chief executive Stephen Marks, French Connection made a name for …

  1. IGotOut Silver badge

    Stolen company secrets such as...

    ... how to charge gullible people £25 for a basic t-shirt with a bit of text and get away with it for decades.

    1. Potemkine! Silver badge

      Re: Stolen company secrets such as...

      ... t-shirts made in some sweat-shop in Bangladesh

  2. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Remember the great meme:

    "Same Fcuking joke (and it's not even funny)"

  3. Cuddles

    Shouldn't

    "Attack on an internal system shouldn't put customers at risk"

    It shouldn't, but all too often it turns out it actually does.

  4. WhereAmI?
    Angel

    > having penetrated its back-end - making off with a selection of private internal data

    Was it all brown clothing?

  5. tip pc Silver badge

    For FCUK’s sake

    For FCUK’s sake I hope no customer data was breached.

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