Computer gadget site Geeks.com has beenhacked, with the attackers suspected
of stealing customer credit card details, phone numbers and e-mail
addresses.
Reports say Geeks.com sent out a letter at the weekend to its
customers, admitting that customer information, including names,
addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, credit card
numbers, expiration dates, and card verification numbers, may have
fallen into the wrong hands.
The website displays a banner from McAfee's ScanAlert service
certifying that it is a
hacker-safe site.
Calum Macleod, European director at security firm Cyber-Ark,
said, "Quite apart from the fact that a supposedly secure website -
and one that has been certified as such - has been hacked, it
highlights the need for all commercial organisations to encrypt
their customer data, if they are not to lose face or even face
lawsuits from disgruntled customers."
