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Hackers access Playboy.com's credit card data

posted onNovember 21, 2001
by hitbsecnews

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Source: CNN

Computer hackers broke into the Playboy Enterprises' Web site -- playboy.com -- gaining access to the credit card numbers of several customers, a company spokeswoman said Tuesday.

The company's technology team discovered the breach last weekend before the hackers sent threatening e-mails to the company's customers, said Playboy spokeswoman Laura Sigman. Consumers began alerting Playboy about the violation Sunday evening.

It was not clear how many customers' credit card numbers had been accessed or if the hackers had used the information, Sigman said. The hacker group, operating under the name "ingreslock 1524," identified the customer's name, credit card number, and the card's expiration date in an e-mail sent to each of the victims.

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