Η by clicking here online shopping from Australia Catch of the Day revealed that it had been hacked by hackers στις αρχές του 2011, που κατάφεραν να υποκλέψουν κωδικούς πρόσβασης και πιστωτικές κάρτες.
The company informed its customers Friday that people who registered on their website before 7 May 2011 will have to change their passwords.
“In early 2011, Catch of the Day and others online έμποροι λιανικής πώλησης ήταν οι αποδέκτες μιας παράνομης εισβολής στον κυβερνοχώρο, η οποία ήταν αιτία διαρροής ονόματων, διευθύνσεις παράδοσης, διευθύνσεις ηλεκτρονικού ταχυδρομείου και κρυπτογραφημένων κωδικών πρόσβασης. Σε ορισμένες περιπτώσεις, διέρρευσαν και στοιχεία πιστωτικών καρτών. Άλλες ιστοσελίδες του Ομίλου μας δεν επηρεάστηκαν,” αναφέρει η ανακοίνωση για τους πελάτες τις ιστοσελίδας.
"At the time, we immediately notified the police, banks and credit card companies who helped us take action to protect our users, for actions that included cancellation credit cards and the initiation of investigations into the perpetrators.
"We have also informed the Australian Data Protection Commissioner."
The company said it was notifying its customers today to change passwords because "technological developments" indicated that there was an increased risk of password leakage.
ZDNet, which first published the story, says the company's representatives did not respond when they tried to contact them.