Luxury brand, Louis Vuitton, has become the latest retailer to be targeted by cyber criminals, as it confirms some if its UK customer data has been stolen.

It said an unauthorised third-party accessed its UK systems and obtained shopper information. The compromised data is understood to contain customer names, contact details and purchase histories – but it doesn’t include financial information or bank details.

In an email to customers, Louis Vuitton said that, so far, there hadn’t been evidence that the stolen data had been misused. However, it warned that “phishing attempts, fraud attempts or unauthorised use of information may occur.” It also confirmed that the relevant authorities, including the ICO, had been notified about the breach.

The latest cyber incident is the third time in as many months that the LVMH group, which owns the Louis Vuitton brand, has been hacked, with Louis Vuitton’s Korean business and Christian Dior Couture also facing similar cyber stings.

Frequent cyber crime incidents, including attacks on M&S, Co-op and Harrods, are making shoppers more wary about sharing personal information with online retailers, research from Checkout.com suggests.

Original research of 2,000 UK shoppers showed the proportion of consumers who now feel comfortable sharing financial information with online retailers has fallen by -6 percentage points in the last two months.

Meanwhile three quarters (73%) said recent cyber attacks on UK brands had eroded their trust in making payments online.