Denton, Texas-based specialty retailer Sally Beauty Holdings Inc. revealed on May 15, 2015, that the company had suffered its second security breach in less than two years. The publicly traded company, with approximately 4,800 stores worldwide and annual revenues of $3.8 billion, withheld details on the recent attack but confirmed it is fully cooperating with ongoing investigations.
Sally Beauty President and Chief Executive Officer Chris Brickman, who replaced the company's outgoing CEO, Gary Winterhalter, in February 2015, declined to speculate on details of the intrusion, deferring to the ongoing forensics investigation. He did, however, encourage customers to monitor payment card and bank accounts for suspicious activity.
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