The American web hosting company Web.com was hacked by hackers. The company admitted that 93.000 customers' credit card information was stolen in a breach.
Web.com is not a random company. It is based in the USA and its web hosting services host 3.3 millions of customers.
The company allegedly discovered the breach, during the processtreatment controls better safetyς, Αμέσως μετά ανακοίνωσαν ότι κάποιος "άγνωστος hacker παραβίασε έναν από τους διακομιστές της στις 13 Αυγούστου και απέκτησε πρόσβαση σε δεδομένα πελατών της".
Stolen data includes: credit card details, real names associated with payment cards and home addresses.
According to the company, no other information, such as social security numbers, passwords, and credit card verification codes were leaked.
At present, it's not known how the hacker managed to get to the company's server or if the stolen data was encrypted.
To mention that the impact of the breach data was very serious about the value of the company's shares, after the incident was revealed.
Web.com is currently investigating the data breach, with the Authorities and trying to reassure its customers, issued the following announcement:
"Η ασφάλεια των πληροφοριών των πελατών μας αποτελεί υψηλή προτεραιότητα στην Web.com," δήλωσε ο πρόεδρος και διευθύνων σύμβουλος της Web.com, κ David L. Brown. "Οι στόχοι μας είναι απλοί: προστασία των πελατών μας από επιθέσεις στο Internet και, σε περίπτωση που μια επίθεση είναι επιτυχής, επιδιόρθωση της άμεσα."
The company has already communicated the incident to its customers via email, and provides free Credit Protection for one year to users affected by the invasion.
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