Security breach at play.com
Posted by: TomK on 21 March 2011
Just received this from Play.com.
We are emailing all our customers to let you know that a company that handles part of our marketing communications has had a security breach. Unfortunately this has meant that some customer names and email addresses may have been compromised.
We take privacy and security very seriously and ensure all sensitive customer data is protected. Please be assured this issue has occurred outside of Play.com and no other personal customer information has been involved.
Please be assured we have taken every step to ensure this doesn’t happen again and accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused some of you.
Customer Advice
Please do be vigilant with your email and personal information when using the internet. At Play.com we will never ask you for information such as passwords, bank account details or credit card numbers. If you receive anything suspicious in your email, please do not click on any links and forward the email on to privacy@play.com for us to investigate."
I guess I'm not the only regular Play.com customer here so won't be the only person receiving this email but wanted to give a heads-up to fellow members. It's easy to get complacent when dealing with companies like Play and Amazon but nobody's immune from the hacking menace.
"Dear Customer,
Email Security MessageWe are emailing all our customers to let you know that a company that handles part of our marketing communications has had a security breach. Unfortunately this has meant that some customer names and email addresses may have been compromised.
We take privacy and security very seriously and ensure all sensitive customer data is protected. Please be assured this issue has occurred outside of Play.com and no other personal customer information has been involved.
Please be assured we have taken every step to ensure this doesn’t happen again and accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused some of you.
Customer Advice
Please do be vigilant with your email and personal information when using the internet. At Play.com we will never ask you for information such as passwords, bank account details or credit card numbers. If you receive anything suspicious in your email, please do not click on any links and forward the email on to privacy@play.com for us to investigate."
I guess I'm not the only regular Play.com customer here so won't be the only person receiving this email but wanted to give a heads-up to fellow members. It's easy to get complacent when dealing with companies like Play and Amazon but nobody's immune from the hacking menace.