Hackers gain personal data on Eslite bookstore shoppers
Hackers obtained credit card information and other personal data from several thousand customers who purchased books on Eslite's online bookstore after gaining unauthorized access to a third-party computer system, the company said yesterday.
"The computer system of various convenience stores in charge of delivering orders from Eslite's clients was hacked into last December," said Huang Hui-lin, deputy head officer at Eslite's Marketing and Planning Department.
Personal data of "at least 6,000 customers" were affected in December 2006 only, she said.
