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Title: Card details stolen in web hack
Post by: Simon on June 10, 2008, 16:43

The credit card details of up to 38,000 customers of clothing firm Cotton Traders were stolen following a hack of its website, BBC News has learned.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7446871.stm

Title: Re: Card details stolen in web hack
Post by: Rik on June 10, 2008, 18:49

According to CT, it only affected Barclaycard customers, any that were affected have been contacted, and phone orders were not affected. Oh, and the website is fine now. Presumably they thought that before the hack too?

Title: Re: Card details stolen in web hack
Post by: Simon on June 10, 2008, 18:56

The report stated that this happened 'earlier in the year', so presumably, if the website was iffy today, that wouldn't be directly connected to the hack, but more likely to be due to increased traffic?

Title: Re: Card details stolen in web hack
Post by: Rik on June 10, 2008, 19:38

I bet everyone did what I did and went straight there looking for information. :)

Title: Re: Card details stolen in web hack
Post by: Clive on June 10, 2008, 21:21

My first reaction was to panic because I flashed my card in their local store on Saturday!

Title: Re: Card details stolen in web hack
Post by: sam on June 10, 2008, 23:51

argh...