Thousands of consumers' credit card details were leaked by a "flaw" on a
(UK) Consumers' Association website, according to the BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1401000/1401648.stm
The consumers affected were people who had bought tax calculation software
from the Consumers' Association.
The ironic thing is that as a watchdog organisation for consumers, the
Consumers' Association is responsible for administering the Which? Web
Trader scheme which aims to make online shopping "easy and safe".
The Which? Web Trader Code of Practice at:
http://whichwebtrader.which.net/webtrader/code_of_practice.html
says of sites displaying the Which? Web Trader logo:
"You must have an effective security policy that you review regularly.
Your policy must include the following:
- you must ensure that your web site is secure so that consumers' personal
information and transactions remain confidential and cannot be interfered
with"
This incident will do more than most to make consumers aware of the RISKS of
shopping on the Net, given the current level of security of Web traders'
sites.
Gaz gkb@bofh.org.uk (Gary "Wolf" Barnes) [Gary Barnes via risks-digest Volume 21, Issue 51]
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