Customers of an Oregon-based retail company fell victim to a data breach , resulting in the leakage of their personal information.
Data belonging to thousands of Made in Oregon customers was leaked in a six - month-long breach. Made in Oregon is a local supplier with five stores in the Portland area.
According to the company, an unauthorized user gained access to its e-commerce website from the first week of February 2020 to the last week of August 2020.
Made in Oregon sent a letter to 7,800 of its customers who made purchases from its online store during the breach.
According to the notice, the leaked information included name, billing address, shipping address, email address, and credit card information.
Made in Oregon is aware that a small number of its customers have been affected by the data breach and have had their card information leaked and is working with authorities to further investigate the incident.
"We believe the actual number of users whose cards were affected was very small," company owner Verne Naito OregonLive. "However, anyone who made a purchase on our site is potentially at risk, which is why our response was immediate."
Naito said customers who made purchases over the phone during the breach period were not affected by the incident.
The company reported the breach to authorities and launched an internal investigation to determine exactly what happened and how many customers were affected. Customers were offered a free credit monitoring service for one year.
Following the breach, Made in Oregon said it “has implemented additional security measures designed to prevent this from happening again.” “With consumers around the world increasing the amount of online shopping they do ,it’s only natural for attackers to turn their attention to online shoppers with sophisticated fraud campaigns,” commented Brendan O’Conner, CEO and co-founder of https://appomni.com/. “These trends are unlikely to slow down anytime soon, and I expect we will continue to see more attacks targeting cloud applications for enterprise and e-commerce websites.”
