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Password bug let me see shoppers’ credit cards in eBay ProStores, claims infosec bod

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Dissent

John Leyden reports:

A serious vulnerability that potentially allowed shoplifters to empty eBay ProStores shops and swipe customer credit cards has been fixed – according to the security researcher who says he found the hole.

Mark Litchfield, an infosec pro at Securatary, told us he discovered a flaw in eBay-owned ProStores that not only opened the door to store account hijackers, but also leaked “full access to all their customers PII [Personally identifiable information] as well as their full credit information in clear text.”

 

Read more on The Register.

Why was full credit information in clear text? Paging the FTC to Aisle 4….

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