Germany: Credit Card Data Theft Affects Tens of Thousands of Kartenhaus Customers
The Hamburg ticket sales office Kartenhaus informed its customers on Thursday that still unidentified culprits had stolen credit card numbers and billing addresses. Some 66,000 customers who purchased tickets with a credit card from the Kartenhaus.de website between October 24, 2006 and September 30, 2007 were affected. The only exceptions were credit card purchases of tickets to sporting events featuring Hertha BSC, HSV Handball, and Eisbären Berlin.More here.
The parent company, Ticketmaster, advised customers to "check your credit card bills as soon as possible to identify any irregularities or abuse". It is still not known how the thief or thieves gained access to the data. Apparently only one server was affected. Ticketmaster Europe's Vice President, Tommy Higgins, said that as soon as the attack was discovered, an internal team was assembled to track down the security hole and to inform all necessary personnel.
(Props, Pogo Was Right.)
posted by Fergie @ 10/05/2007 11:40:00 AM
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