“A cyber-attack” as the Journal de Saône-et-Loire puts it? The underwear maker Dim has placed “part” of its approximately 800 employees on indefinite partial unemployment following a “serious computer incident”, the company said on Monday, without commenting on claims by the local press evoking a malicious act knowingly carried out by hackers.
“Since the middle of last week, DBI (Dim Brands International) has been faced with a serious incident impacting our computer network. We have taken all the necessary measures and are actively working to restore our services as quickly as possible, ”said in a press release DIM, installed in Autun and owned by the American Regent LP.
“As a result of this incident, part of our workforce has been placed on short-time working while waiting to be able to restart our activity. Our network of shops continues to operate normally, ”adds the text.
Several changes of owners
DIM, which claims to be the leading underwear brand in France, was sold last November by the American multinational Hanesbrand to the American private equity fund Regent LP for a symbolic euro, liabilities included. This transfer has been effective since last March.
DIM was founded in 1953. It was then a small hosiery company manufacturing chic and inexpensive stockings originally marketed under the “Bas Dimanche” brand. Having become a symbol of “Made in France”, the company had more than a thousand employees ten years ago before undergoing several changes of owners.
In 2014, it was sold to Hanes after two years of negotiations. A restructuring plan followed with the elimination of 265 jobs.