Researchers at Comparitech have uncovered a leak stemming from third-party apps used by Amazon UK, Ebay and Shopify, exposing 8 million sales records containing customers’ personal data. Exposed data includes customer names, email addresses, shipping addresses, purchases and the last four digits of credit card numbers.
Leaked Personally Identifiable Information (PII) opens customers up to the very real possibility of phishing attacks. Whilst SonicWall’s 2020 Threat Report noted that phishing attacks were down 42% last year, this is because they are becoming more targeted and malicious, leveraging much-trusted PDFs and Microsoft Office as the delivery vehicle of choice.
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@Terry Greer-King, VP EMEA , provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Personal information is simply too valuable on the Dark Web. ..."
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@Terry Greer-King, VP EMEA , provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Personal information is simply too valuable on the Dark Web. ..."
#infosec #cybersecurity #isdots
https://informationsecuritybuzz.com/expert-comments/8-million-uk-shopping-records-exposed