E-Commerce
Times: Hack Attack Exposes Web Shopper Credit Card Data
By Clare Saliba - E-Commerce
Times - Part of the NewsFactor
Network
Tuesday, March 6, 2001 5:58pm
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E-Commerce
Times
Story Highlights: "Internet book vendor Bibliofind.com
reportedly said Monday that a four-month long security
breach on its computer servers has exposed customer
credit card information..."
"The
e-tailer, which provides an electronic catalog of
millions of used and rare books for sale by independent
booksellers around the world, said the violation affected
user data housed on its servers beTTTtween October
and February, according to news reports published
Monday..."
Complete
story at: http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/7930.html
Info
World: Amazon Unit Loses Credit Card Data to Hackers
By
Joris Evers: Amsterdam correspondent for the IDG
News Service,
an InfoWorld
affiliate.
Story
Highlights: "Amazon.com subsidiary Bibliofind.com
said Monday that hackers stole the company's customer
records, including credit card information, according
to a report in the online edition of The Wall Street
Journal published Tuesday..."
"Hackers
have had access to customer data from October 2000
through February 2001, said the report, citing an
e-mail sent by Bibliofind to its customers on Monday..."
More
on this story at: http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/01/03/06/010306hnbiblio.xml
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