Estee Lauder, the cosmetics company, said it was the victim of a cyberattack that affected some of its business operations.

Estee Lauder said a hacker had obtained some data from its systems, with the cyber incident causing, and expected to further cause, disruption to parts of the company’s business operations. The firm said it was working to understand the nature and scope of the data that was stolen. It did not reveal further details about the impact on its operations. The MAC Cosmetics owner said it was working to restore the affected systems and had implemented measures to secure its operations. The New York-based company also took down some of its systems to mitigate the incident, it said, adding that it had begun an investigation, coordinating with law enforcement as well as cybersecurity experts. Estee Lauder did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for further comment. The cosmetics maker in May forecast weaker sales and profit for the year than previously estimated, blaming slow recovery at duty-free and travel destinations, especially in Asia Summary: Cosmetics maker Estee Lauder on Tuesday said a hacker had obtained some data from its systems, with the cyber incident causing, and expected to further cause, disruption to parts of the company’s business operations. The firm said it was working to understand the nature and scope of the data that was stolen. It did not reveal further details about the impact on its operations. The MAC Cosmetics owner said it was working to restore the affected systems and had implemented measures to secure their operations. The New York-based Document maker Estee Lauder on Tuesday said a hacker had obtained some data from its systems, with the cyber incident causing, and expected to further cause, disruption to parts of the company’s business operations. The firm said it was working to understand the nature and scope of the data that was stolen. It did not reveal further details about the impact on its operations. The MAC Cosmetics owner said it was working to restore the affected systems and had implemented measures to secure its operations. The New York-based company also took down some of its systems to mitigate the incident, it said, adding that it had begun an investigation, coordinating with law enforcement as well as cybersecurity experts. Estee Lauder did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for further comment. The cosmetic maker in May forecast weaker sales and profit for the year than previously estimated, blaming slow recovery at duty-free and travel destinations, especially in Asia. Estee Lauder said it was working to restore the affected system(s) and has taken steps to protect against future incidents The U.S. Department Of Homeland Security (DHS), which is responsible for protecting America’s critical infrastructure such as power plants or airport control said Monday that hackers have breached more computer networks this month than any other time in history. The DHS says there were 318 separate attacks last week alone, up percent over the previous record set in February