Sally Beauty Discloses Attempted Data Breach

By Anna Prior 

Sally Beauty Holdings Inc. said it detected an attempted security intrusion into its supply network, but it doesn't believe there has been any loss of credit card or consumer data.

The beauty supplies distributor and retailer on Wednesday said the company believes it promptly mitigated potential issues arising from the intrusion and it launched an investigation with assistance from a security firm.

The company said it would continue to investigate and actively monitor the situation.

Sally Beauty's announcement follows several high-profile data breaches at retailers, including the massive data breach that struck Target Corp. during the holiday season.

Target's breach ran for three weeks beginning with the high-traffic Black Friday shopping weekend and compromised 40 million credit and debit cards.

Earlier this year, arts-and-crafts retailer Michaels Stores Inc. said it may have been the victim of an attack on its data security, and high-end retailer Neiman Marcus said the card information of some of its customers may have been stolen in a cyberattack over the holiday period.

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