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numero = 12549
interpreted = N
texte = >>SECURITY BREACH SHUTS DOWN ONLINE SPORTS STORES>The online stores at the popular ESPN SportsZone and NBA.com Web sites were>shut down after an anonymous person sent e-mail to hundreds of shoppers>who'd made purchases at the stores, saying he'd acquired their credit card>information from parent company Starwave's computer systems and including>their credit card number to prove it. Starwave says it's beefed up its>security now, and the ESPN SportZone store is already back up and running.>NBA.com is expected to be back online next week. We've changed the system>and now it's a much more painful process for us to fill orders, but it was>to make sure it was secure for our customers, says a Starwave spokeswoman.>You can be sure that we are doing everything possible to prevent it from>happening again. (InfoWorld Electric 11 Jul 97)Hi Grant and others,What is your take on this bit of news?Any fuel for this out in the marketplace is welcomed.--------------Mark Rauterkus, Publisher, S.S.S. http://www.sportsurf.netmrauterkus@sportsurf.net--------------
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>>SECURITY BREACH SHUTS DOWN ONLINE SPORTS STORES>The online stores at the popular ESPN SportsZone and NBA.com Web sites were>shut down after an anonymous person sent e-mail to hundreds of shoppers>who'd made purchases at the stores, saying he'd acquired their credit card>information from parent company Starwave's computer systems and including>their credit card number to prove it. Starwave says it's beefed up its>security now, and the ESPN SportZone store is already back up and running.>NBA.com is expected to be back online next week. We've changed the system>and now it's a much more painful process for us to fill orders, but it was>to make sure it was secure for our customers, says a Starwave spokeswoman.>You can be sure that we are doing everything possible to prevent it from>happening again. (InfoWorld Electric 11 Jul 97)Hi Grant and others,What is your take on this bit of news?Any fuel for this out in the marketplace is welcomed.--------------Mark Rauterkus, Publisher, S.S.S. http://www.sportsurf.netmrauterkus@sportsurf.net--------------
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