Credit cards used on cvsphoto.com may have been compromised

Post by chockablock » Sat, Aug 08, 2015, 10:04 PM UTC

dexterdog wrote: post #15

chockablock wrote: post #10

Was access to stored photos also compromised? The linked message from CVS doesn't say one way or the other.

From the page: "We apologize for the inconvenience and are working diligently to resume service as soon as possible. Your images are saved and you will have access to them once service to CVSPhoto.com is restored." That being said, my understanding as somebody with 15 years of working history in the online photo space is that PNI is the host and all of their major customers shut off so I can't imagine that PNI is ver…

Post by hallman76 » Sat, Aug 08, 2015, 10:08 PM UTC

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.

Post by ryandrake » Sat, Aug 08, 2015, 10:46 PM UTC

friendzis wrote: post #36

vermontdevil wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

Post by developer1 » Sun, Aug 09, 2015, 12:26 AM UTC

akerl_ wrote: post #11

mahouse wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thank you, this is a very valuable and useful comment.

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…

Post by sib » Sun, Aug 09, 2015, 1:58 AM UTC

hallman76 wrote: post #43

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.

Good idea. Which bank or credit card are you getting this service through?