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Re: Credit cards used on cvsphoto.com may have been compromised

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Post by anu_gupta »

minot wrote: post #21
akerl_ wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My sarcasm detector is admittedly permanently broken thanks to years on IRC and forums, but just in case: It's useful because the steps a reader would need to take before being secure clicking through to a site identified in the submission title as "hacked" (I notice the title has been clarified since then) are non-trivial. I figured since I'd done them once, I might as well save additional folks the steps if they we…

I don't think grand parent was being sarcastic. In case they were, I'd like to add that I am sincerely thankful for the copy paste.

Looking at his comment history, it's very likely he was being sarcastic

Re: Credit cards used on cvsphoto.com may have been compromised

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Post by klinskyc »

level09 wrote: post #23
carbocation wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Great plugin. Link here: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/plain-text-offende...

Interesting. how does this work? based on statistics/reports I guess ?

plaintextoffenders.com itself works on reports. My extension uses an api (https://8ack.de/plato/info/). The extension regularly caches the list of offenders and checks your current url against the list locally, so neither I nor the api creators can see your browsing history.

Re: Credit cards used on cvsphoto.com may have been compromised

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Post by icelancer »

akerl_ wrote: post #2

For those not looking to click through to the site: ==== We have been made aware that customer credit card information collected by the independent vendor who manages and hosts CVSPhoto.com may have been compromised. As a precaution, as our investigation is underway, we are temporarily shutting down access to online and related mobile photo services. We apologize for the inconvenience and are working diligently to re…

>Nothing is more central to us than protecting the privacy and security of our customer information

Classic, pure classic. Obviously not.

Re: Credit cards used on cvsphoto.com may have been compromised

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Post by friendzis »

vermontdevil wrote: post #14
noenzyme wrote: post #5

Same thing happened to Costco a few weeks ago. Maybe the same company behind both. From http://www.costcophotocenter.com/ === As a result of recent reports suggesting that there may have been a security compromise of the third party vendor that hosts Costcophotocenter.com, we are temporarily suspending access to the site. We take the security of our members’ data seriously, which is why we are taking this precautiona…

Hate when they say "We take security of our members' data seriously". How do I know the hack was due to their incompetence? PR people need to come up with a better approach.

Hate on "We take security of your data" is a new hype, but grandparent and OP actually contained blame shift:

> security compromise of the third party vendor > collected by the independent vendor may have been compromised

This is the case of "sorry for my friends, I'm doing the best I can", which is entirely different situation than "I accidentally slept with your best friend, but I value our relationship" kind of PR.

Re: Credit cards used on cvsphoto.com may have been compromised

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Post by jamra »

My credit card was ripped off 4 times in the last year. Recently, I had a credit card for less than a week.

Since then, I started to use Virtual numbers. It's a feature that generates a virtual credit card number that I am opting to use per vendor. Hopefully, this will expose the vendors that are leaking this sensitive information.

Re: Credit cards used on cvsphoto.com may have been compromised

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Post by techsupporter »

jamra wrote: post #37

My credit card was ripped off 4 times in the last year. Recently, I had a credit card for less than a week. Since then, I started to use Virtual numbers. It's a feature that generates a virtual credit card number that I am opting to use per vendor. Hopefully, this will expose the vendors that are leaking this sensitive information.

I wish my credit card companies supplied virtual numbers. PayPal used to have this feature but discontinued it.

Re: Credit cards used on cvsphoto.com may have been compromised

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Post by Havoc »

yc1010 wrote: post #34
Havoc wrote: post #30

This is why I use a 2nd account for online use (and paypal / virtual card for the extra sketchy looking sites).

If only there was some secure & magical internet money thingie which works on a push not pull basis /sarcasm

Not sure I'm following? Bitcoin reference?
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