Garmin SA Shopping Portal Breach Leads to Theft of Payment Data

Garmin SA Shopping Portal Breach Leads to Theft of Payment Data


Garmin Southern Africa (Garmin SA) disclosed today in a series of notifications sent to its customers that payment and sensitive personal information were stolen from orders placed on the shop.garmin.co.za shopping portal.


Garmin SA was previously a Garmin distributor named Garmin Distribution Africa (GDA) before being acquired by Garmin, a global leader in satellite navigation, on September 2011. 


In a press release published on July 31, 2019, Garmin announced a "Record second quarter revenue of $955 million, a 7% increase, with aviation, marine, fitness and outdoor collectively increasing 12% over the prior year quarter."


Payment info including CVV codes stolen


"We recently discovered theft of customer data from orders placed through shop.garmin.co.za (operated by Garmin South Africa) that compromised your personal data related to an order that you placed through the website," said Jennifer Van Niekerk, South Africa Managing Director.


"The compromised data was limited to only Garmin’s South Africa site, and contained payment information, including the number, expiration date and CVV code for your payment card, along with your first and last name, physical address, phone number and email address."


Garmin SA recommends its customers to review and monitor all their payment card records for any unauthorized purchases.


Affected customers who received the data security incident notification are also urged to reach out to their bank or payment card providers if they see or suspect any fraud.


"As a valued customer, we apologize for this incident and assure you that Garmin takes our obligation to safeguard personal data very seriously," garmin shopping portal breach leads theft payment