Ich hab mich schon gewundert wo meine Kreditkartendaten abgezogen worden sind, aber TAD-Gear hat gerade im USN die folgenden Infos veröffentlicht.
Kurz zusammengefasst, wer zwischen dem 6. August und 16. November 2009 online bei TAD bestellt hat sollte mal einen kritischen Blick auf seine Kreditkartenabrechnung werfen. TAD empfiehlt im Zweifel die Karte sperren zu lassen.
Hier der Text von TAD:
Important Notice, Please Read
This notice is to inform our customers of a security incident at TAD Gear. We recently learned that our database was illegally accessed from an external source,
and it appears that some customer data were taken, which may include
customer names, contact information and credit card data. The
possibility of a security breach came to our attention when certain
customers notified us that unauthorized charges had appeared on their
credit cards. Upon learning of the potential breach of security, TAD
Gear immediately initiated an investigation, and took corrective steps
based on the advice of an internet security firm. We have also
contacted law enforcement.
If you purchased merchandise from TAD Gear on-line between August 6,
2009 and November 16, 2009, and the credit card used to purchase that
merchandise is still valid, in order to protect yourself from the
possibility of identity theft or misuse of your credit card
information, we recommend that you immediately contact the issuer of
that credit card and close your account. Tell them that your account
may have been compromised. If you want to open a new account, ask your
credit card issuer to give you a PIN or password, as this will help
control access to the account.
In addition, we recommend that you place a fraud alert on your credit
files. A fraud alert lets creditors know to contact you before opening
new accounts. Just call any one of the three credit reporting agencies
at a number below. This will let you automatically place fraud alerts
with all of the agencies. You will then receive letters from all of
them, with instructions on how to get a free copy of your credit report
from each.
When you receive your credit reports, look them over carefully. Look
for accounts you did not open. Look for inquiries from creditors that
you did not initiate. And look for personal information, such as your
home address and Social Security number, which is not accurate. If you
see anything you do not understand, call the credit reporting agency at
the telephone number on the report.
If you do find suspicious activity on your credit reports, call your
local police or sheriff’s office and file a police report of identity
theft. Get a copy of the police report. You may need to give copies of
the police report to creditors to clear up your records. Even if you do
not find any signs of fraud on your reports, we recommend that you
check your credit report every three months for the next year. Just
call one of the numbers above to order your reports and keep the fraud
alert in place.
For more information on identity theft, we suggest that you visit the
web site of the California Office of Privacy Protection at www.privacy.ca.gov, or the Federal Trade Commission at www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/idtheft. If there is anything TAD Gear can do to assist you, please email us at action@tadgear.com, a special email address that we have set up to help answer your questions.
On a going-forward basis, in
order to help assure the security of your information, all users will
be required to recreate their usernames and change passwords upon
logging onto our newly redesigned, TAD Gear website. Please
note that the password change process is only initiated when you come
to the TAD Gear website and as a result an email is sent to you. Do not
respond to any other unsolicited emails regarding password changes from
TAD Gear. TAD Gear will not contact you by email regarding a password
change unless you initiate such a change on the TAD Gear website in
accordance with the instructions above.
We are sorry for any inconvenience that this might have caused you. We take the protection of our customers' personal information very seriously. TAD Gear is making additional, significant
investments in enhancing the safety and security features on our
website so that you may feel confident using it. While no company can
completely prevent unauthorized access to data, we are committed to
ensuring that our data is protected by the highest levels of security.
If you have any questions or need further information regarding this incident, please do not hesitate to contact us.
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