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Attackers Snatch Member Data from 92 Non-Profit Organizations

Lisa Vaas writes on eWeek:

Attackers have stolen passwords and accounts from 92 nonprofits by infiltrating systems at Convio, the leading online marketing company for nonprofits.

Affected nonprofit organizations include the American Museum of Natural History, Working Assets, CARE and Free Press.

According to a letter sent by Convio to one of the affected organizations, the e-mail addresses and member passwords were downloaded without authorization from 92 GetActive clients between Oct. 23 and Nov. 1. GetActive is an application that Convio acquired with the nonprofit eCRM software company, also named GetActive, in February.

The attacker or attackers had prepared to steal the same information from another 62 GetActive clients, but the attempt was foiled when Convio discovered the breach late in the day on Nov. 1.

posted by Fergie @ 11/12/2007 04:44:00 PM