A jewellery brand popular with the Duchess of Sussex and other celebrities has been hit by a cyber raid, with the designer telling customers their details may have been put at risk, This is Money can reveal. 
In an email, Missoma told shoppers: 'third-party malicious software targeted the payments page of our website and inserted a code that was designed to capture information entered during the checkout process'.
Orders placed as long ago as September may have been affected, which is when one customer who received the warning email from Missoma purchased a birthday present from the store.




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Those who purchased items on a credit or debit card may have had details stolen by the cyber criminals, but those who paid through PayPal have been unaffected.
The jewellery seller did not confirm in its email the exact period over which the cyber attack took place, only that the issue 'has been resolved' after it called in 'external cyber forensic experts'.
The British-based brand has been worn by the likes of Dua Lipa and Margot Robbie, and has been particularly popular with Meghan Markle. 
The Duchess of Sussex was pictured in a bracelet and signet ring from Missoma during a visit to Chichester last October.
The store ran a 25 per cent Black Friday discount last month which meant you could potentially get hold of an 18 carat gold ring the Duchess had worn for Ј34.
It is not known if the detail-harvesting software was still in effect over the Black Friday weekend, which could have led to a large number of shoppers having their payment details stolen. 





The brand also been worn by actress Margot Robbie, as well as the singer Dua Lipa

'Through this you will be able to receive regular alerts to notify you if there are significant changes on your credit report.'
It has set up a US helpline as well as a UK one, suggesting that customers have been around the world.
Jake Moore, a cybersecurity expert at anti-virus provider ESET, said: 'If you may have fallen victim to this attack, it would be a good idea to use the card monitoring service offered - or better still, cancel the card that was used.
'Once card information like this is stolen, it's a race against time for the criminals to start using it before the owner is notified and cancels it.'







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