[Dataloss] Germany: Theft of credit card data affects tens of thousands of Kartenhaus customers

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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/96992

The Hamburg ticket sales office Kartenhaus informed its customers on 
Thursday that still unidentified culprits had stolen credit card numbers 
and billing addresses. Some 66,000 customers who purchased tickets with a 
credit card from the Kartenhaus.de website between October 24, 2006 and 
September 30, 2007 were affected. The only exceptions were credit card 
purchases of tickets to sporting events featuring Hertha BSC, HSV 
Handball, and Eisbren Berlin.

The parent company, Ticketmaster, advised customers to "check your credit 
card bills as soon as possible to identify any irregularities or abuse". 
It is still not known how the thief or thieves gained access to the data. 
Apparently only one server was affected. Ticketmaster Europe's Vice 
President, Tommy Higgins, said that as soon as the attack was discovered, 
an internal team was assembled to track down the security hole and to 
inform all necessary personnel.

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