WHID 2007-50: Art.com says hacker accessed names, credit cards

Attack Information
WHID ID: 
2007-50
Date Occured: 
29 Oct 2007
Attack Method: 
Outcome Information
Target Information
Attacked Entity Field: 
Retail
Attacked Entity Geography: 
Global

A hacker gained access to names and encrypted credit card numbers of Arts.com. While the reason is not known, since the information is known to belong to online shoppers who made transactions from July to September we assume it was a web site breach.

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