REG - WH Smith PLC - Notice of cyber security incident

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02/03/2023 10:00

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RNS Number : 6557R  WH Smith PLC  02 March 2023

WH Smith PLC

 

2 March 2023

 

Notice of cyber security incident

 

WH Smith PLC has been the target of a cyber security incident which has
resulted in illegal access to some company data, including current and former
employee data. Upon becoming aware of the incident, we immediately launched an
investigation, engaged specialist support services and implemented our
incident response plans, which included notifying the relevant authorities.

WH Smith takes the issue of cyber security extremely seriously and
investigations into the incident are ongoing. We are notifying all affected
colleagues and have put measures in place to support them.

There has been no impact on the trading activities of the Group. Our website,
customer accounts and underlying customer databases are on separate systems
that are unaffected by this incident.

The strong trading performance of the business, detailed in our trading update
on 18 January 2023, has continued across the Group. The Group will report its
results for the half year to 28 February 2023 on 20 April 2023.

 

 

 

 

Enquiries:

 

WH Smith Investors

Mark
Boyle
07879 897687

 

Brunswick

Tim
Danaher
020 7404 5959

 

 

 

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