(update) Argos credit-card scandal worsens
March 4, 2010 by admin
Filed under Breach Incidents, Business Sector, Exposure, Non-U.S.
Fresh doubts have been raised over the online security of high street retailer Argos, following a PC Pro investigation.
Yesterday, we revealed that Argos was sending customers’ unencrypted credit-card numbers and security codes in order confirmation emails, potentially exposing them to online fraud.
Now it’s emerged that those very same confirmation emails contain a web link – ironically intended to direct customers to Argos’s security page – which contains the customer’s full name, address and credit-card details in the URL itself.
Read more on PC Pro.