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Stiftung Warentest uncovered major security gaps in online etailer.

Posted on February 3, 2021 by Dissent

Marion Neumann reports (translation):

Munich – In times of the corona lockdown , online shopping is probably a blessing for many people. Products can be conveniently delivered to your home with just a few clicks. However, the shopping experience becomes problematic when there are difficulties with data protection.

There was such a problem recently with the online shop voelkner.de . According to Stiftung Warentest, the provider, who mainly sells products from the electronics, technology and tool sectors, accidentally gave addresses and orders from users due to a data leak.

After the report from Stiftung Warentest, the company reacted quickly. The security gap was closed promptly and, according to the managing director, no longer existed from January 29, 2021 from 4:54 p.m. ( nema )

Read more on merkur.de.

h/t, @Chum1ng0

 

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