http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/16/zappo_breach/ By John Leyden The Register 16th January 2012 Online shoe and apparel outlet Zappos.com has apologised over a massive data breach that exposed the personal details of millions. Up to 24 million customers of the Amazon subsidiary may have been affected by the breach, which exposed names, email addresses, addresses, phone numbers, and password hashes. Zappos stressed that credit card data was not exposed. Hackers may have been able to lift the last four digits of credit card numbers but nothing beyond this, according to the e-tailer. Accounts or passwords maintained with parent firm Amazon.com are not affected by the problem. At the time of writing on Monday morning, Zappos is blocking international traffic to its blog, so customers outside the US are unable to see chief exec Tony Hsieh's explanation on how the breach happened, which was posted late on Sunday night. [...] _____________________________________________________ Did a friend send you this article? Make it your New Year's Resolution to subscribe to InfoSec News! http://www.infosecnews.org/mailman/listinfo/isnReceived on Tue Jan 17 2012 - 03:27:01 PST
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