WH Smith has been hit by a cyber assault that has resulted in hackers getting access to personal firm information.

The stationary retailer and guide vendor, which has over 600 excessive road retailers within the UK, mentioned it has launched an investigation into the assault.

The retailer mentioned nevertheless, that buyer information was not affected and that there was “no influence” on the corporate’s buying and selling actions.

“Our web site, buyer accounts and underlying buyer databases are on separate programs which are unaffected by this incident,” an announcement learn.

“WH Smith takes the difficulty of cyber safety extraordinarily significantly and investigations into the incident are ongoing. We’re notifying all affected colleagues and have put measures in place to help them,” the corporate mentioned.

WH Smith is the most recent firm to fall sufferer to cyber assaults as various retailers and companies have reported hits.

In January, JD Sports activities reported that some 10 million prospects might need had their addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses stolen in a hacking incident.

Moreover, the Royal Mail additionally suffered extreme disruption to its worldwide export providers for weeks following the same incident.