German sportswear corporation Adidas disclosed on Thursday that it inaugurated a study after learning of a possible data violation that could influence millions of its US customers.

Adidas stated in a notification posted on the website, an illegal party demanded to have acquired access to customer details. The organization learned of the probable violation on this June 26 and was known in cyber-security professionals and law enforcement to support in the research.

The illegal party may have gained usernames, password hashes and contact details – which the organization defines as incomplete data, of people who did purchases on Adidas’ US website, adidas.com/US. Adidas declares there is no prove that credit card or fitness details has been conceded.

Adidas further stated that some media outlets that the event could influence some million customers, however its statement proposes that not all customers are in the United States are disturbed.

“While adidas continues its thorough forensic review, adidas is alerting relevant consumers,” the company stated.

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