American web hosting company, Web. com, has been hacked, and has admitted that credit card information of at least 93,000 customers has been exposed. Web.com is the latest victim of the rumored data breach, with the American web hosting company listing more than 3.3 million customers. According to initial reports circulating online, hackers have compromised personal information and credit card data belonging to 93,000 WEB.com customers.
Web.com discovered the data breach while performing its prescribed security monitoring and shutdown process, and the company confirmed that unknown hackers broke into one of its servers on August 13th, gaining access to customer data.
The stolen data includes:
- Information about credit cards
- Real names associated with payment cards
- Residential addresses
According to the company's claims, no other customer information, such as social security numbers or codes for the exposed cards, was exposed in this cyber attack.
At this time, there is no further information about the incident, for example, it is not yet clear how the hackers managed to compromise the company's server and decrypt the stolen data.
The impact of the leak of this data is serious, with a negative impact on the value of its shares after the disclosure of the incident.
Web.com reported the cyberattack to authorities, who are investigating the case further.
However, the company has not said whether the stolen data has been decrypted, nor has it explained how the hackers ultimately gained access to its customer .
