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www.absound.ca site hacked.

  • 19-05-2001 08:09AM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,458 ✭✭✭✭


    Thought this might of interest to you lot
    <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">PRESS RELEASE

    During the early morning hours of May 18, 2001, the security on the web site maintained by A&B Sound Ltd. was breached by unknown persons. A&B Sound Ltd. has reason to believe that credit card information belonging to customers who had open, unprocessed orders on the web site may have been obtained and that unauthorized use of that information may have occurred.

    The web site, www.absound.ca, was immediately shut down by A&B Sound Ltd. pending an internal and police investigation. A&B Sound Ltd. has also retained external computer security experts to assist in the investigation.

    A&B Sound Ltd. has emphasized that the security breach is limited to open, unprocessed on-line orders and that the security of credit card information belonging to its retail store customers has not been affected in any way. A&B Sound Ltd.’s on-line orders are dealt with independently of its retail operations. On-line orders represent less than 1% of A&B Sound Ltd.’s business.

    A&B Sound Ltd. is in the process of notifying all customers whose credit card security may have been compromised. It is advising them to immediately report this incident to their credit card issuer as a precautionary measure.

    Anyone who has placed an order from A&B Sound Ltd.’s web site and has not received the product ordered is advised to immediately notify their credit card issuer.

    Customer inquiries should be forwarded to support@absound.ca.
    </font>

    Thanks to this gaff I had to cancel my credit card which ****s up alot of other orders. Ah well better safe than sorry.

    Gandalf.




Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 521 ✭✭✭Ronin


    smile.gif...thats why you always use someone else's creidt card gandy.. wink.gif..

    Ro


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