Sex Toys E-Tailer Announces Data Breach

Sex Toys E-Tailer Announces Data Breach

Articles provider on Sex Education and sex toys and intimacy aids vendor announces a data breach relating to their own web site. In a letter dated October 23, David Groves, President, writes,

We are writing to inform you of a recent data security incident which likely involved some of your personal information. As you made a purchase on our website, www.sinclairinstitute.com between August 3, 2014 and August 28, 2014, your credit card information may be affected.

The announcement also includes 

 We were informed by our hosting partner on August 28, 2014 that login information and customer information for some of Sinclair’s customers had likely been illegally obtained. We were informed that the breach began on August 3, 2014 when certain computer files were modified without authorization so as to allow customer information to be illegally accessed. Customer information involved included login codes and passwords, customer name and address, birthday, phone number, email address and credit card information (credit card number, expiration date and CVV). We requested and obtained copies of the affected files from our hosting partner and launched an internal investigation to independently verify the nature and scope of the incident and confirm that personal information was no longer accessible. We also contacted the FBI to report the incident.

You can read the full notification letter on the web site of the Vermont Attorney General.

The needed steps and related authority contacts are included in the letter provided above. So it's better idea to freeze your credit card before it's too late. 

Though it is a common data breach, but the its not quite sure if only the credit/debit card data was breached or there were something else more? If yes, then it can be a serious matter. Because an customer can be blackmailed with the information collected from the website. Though Sinclare Authority said only credit card data might have breached this type of serious questions still remain to be answered.