A data breach at Internet domain administrator and host Network Solutions has compromised personal and financial data for more than 573,000 credit and debit cardholders. To add more pain to the breach, Network Solutions says it was PCI compliant at the time of the breach.
The breach, discovered in June, was the result of hackers planting rogue code on the company's Web servers used to host mostly small online stores, intercepting financial transactions between the sites and their customers. No further explanation of how the rogue code made its way onto the company's servers was available from Network Solutions. When asked, Susan Wade, Network Solutions communications representative says "Not at this time. Because of the ongoing law enforcement investigation, we aren't able to release that information."
Compromised data was captured between March 12 and June 8, 2009, when the breach was discovered, says Wade.
The last PCI assessment and certification of Network Solutions' networks was completed on October 31, 2008, says Wade. The firm that performed the assessment was the Payment Software Company, a San Jose, CA-based qualified security assessor company.
The 4.343 ecommerce merchant customers were notified of the breach on Friday, July 24, via an email and a letter sent via US postal service, Wade says. Network Solutions provides service to more than 10,000 merchant websites.....Affected merchants can visit www.careandprotect.com, the website Network Solutions set up for them to get more information. .. (Full text at www.bankinfosecurity.com)
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