[Dataloss] Bananas.com: credit card information possibly exposed

lyger lyger at attrition.org
Thu Mar 16 23:10:44 EST 2006


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060317/ap_on_hi_te/web_site_breach

A musical instrument and sound gear Web site that advertises its relationship 
with artists such as Dave Matthews, Carlos Santana and Mary J. Blige notified 
some customers that their credit card information may have been stolen.

The warning, which came more than a month after someone broke into Bananas.com, 
was delivered Wednesday after The Associated Press inquired about the breach. 
The San Rafael-based company said none of its celebrity clients was among the 
274 people notified.

Web site operators still are trying to determine how the intruder gained 
access. Following the discovery, administrators changed passwords and added 
other safeguards to restrict unauthorized access to the system, Bananas.com 
owner J.D. Sharp said.

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