Did you hear about this?

This WebDNA talk-list message is from

1997


It keeps the original formatting.
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 -------------- Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Did you hear about this? (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  2. Did you hear about this? (Mark Rauterkus 1997)
> >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 -------------- Mark Rauterkus

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