Network Solutions Hacked Exposing 573,000 Accounts

Network Solutions has joined the data breach hit parade potentially adding another 573,000 credit and debit accounts into the mix that may have been potentially compromised.

From The Washington Post:

Herndon, Va. based Network Solutions discovered in early June that attackers had hacked into Web servers the company uses to provide e-commerce services – a package that includes everything from Web hosting to payment processing — to at least 4,343 customers, mostly mom-and-pop online stores. The malicious code left behind by the attackers allowed them to intercept personal and financial information for customers who purchased from those stores, Network Solutions spokeswoman Susan Wade said.

Wade said the company is working with federal law enforcement and a commercial data breach forensics team to determine the cause and source of the break-in. The payment data stolen was captured from transactions made between March 12, 2009 and June 8, 2009.

Great (/sarcasm)

Excuse me while I go off to check something.

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Posted by Dave Lewis on July 24, 2009. Filed under Breach,Crime. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.