Sock company Bombas fined over data breach

guest · Jun 6, 2019

Sock company Bombas fined over data breach
June 6, 2019
https://nypost.com/2019/06/06/sock-company-bombas-fined-over-data-breach/

New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday announced that Bombas LLC [...] will pay $65,000 in fines for waiting three years to tell 39,561 online customers that their credit and debit card data had been breached.

The online socks retailer will also “implement a number of data security policies” to ensure customer cards are safer, and any future breaches are reported immediately, the AG said in a press statement.

“New Yorkers deserve to shop with confidence and have faith that their personal information will be protected,” James said.
The data breach happened Sept. 27, 2014, when hackers inserted card-data-stealing malware into the platform that supported the Bombas website, James said.

The retailer — which says it donates a pair of socks to homeless shelters for every pair bought — failed to permanently delete the bad code until Feb. 8, 2015, the AG said.
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itman · Jun 6, 2019

Less free socks for the homeless, I guess.

guest · Jul 12, 2019

Bombas Settles with NYAG Over Credit Card Data Breach
July 11, 2019
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/bombas-settles-nyag-over-credit-card-data-breach

Modern sock maker, Bombas, recently settled with New York over a credit card breach, agreeing to pay $65,000 in penalties.
According to the NYAG, malicious code was injected into Bombas’ Magento ecommerce platform in 2014. The company addressed the issue over the course of 2014 and early 2015, and according to the NYAG, determined that bad actors had accessed customer information (names, addresses and credit card numbers) of almost 40,000 people.

In addition to the $65,000 penalty, the company has agreed to modify how it might handle potential future breaches. This includes conducting prompt and thorough investigations, as well as training for employees on how to handle potential data breach matters.
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