[privacy] Breach, Undetected Since 2005, Exposes Data on 27k Kingston Customers

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via ComputerWorld.

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A September 2005 security breach that remained undetected until "recently"
may have compromised the names, addresses and credit card details of
roughly 27,000 online customers of computer memory vendor Kingston
Technology Company Inc.

The Fountain Valley, Calif.-based company began sending letters to affected
customers informing them of the incident last week.

According to a spokesman, Kingston's IT team "detected irregularities" in
the company computer systems at some unspecified point in time and -- along
with a team of forensic computer experts -- began investigating the issues.
It was not until after that probe was completed and a final report released
on May 22 that Kingston could confirm the scope of the intrusion and its
impact.

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More:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&art
icleId=9027220

- - ferg

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