James Burrage at WebKanix

I hear concerns about using a card online all the time. Perhaps seven years of purchasing online has been lucky. Just got an email from a (very reputable and popular) ticket retailer in Germany.

wir möchten Sie darüber informieren, dass wir vor kurzem entdeckt haben, dass Kartenhaus Opfer eines rechtswidrigen Angriffs auf seine Internetseite [removed] wurde. Durch diesen Angriff hat ein unbekannter Täter einige Ihrer persönlichen Informationen gestohlen. Wir haben leider Grund zu der Annahme, dass Ihre Kreditkarteninformationen, einschließlich der Rechnungsanschrift für Ihre Karte mit der Endnummer **** gestohlen wurden.

Which (Google) translates as;

we would like to inform you about the fact that we discovered recently that house of cards became victim of an illegal attack on its Internet side [removed]. By this attack an unknown quantity author stole some your personal information. We have unfortunately reason to the acceptance that your credit card information was stolen, including the bill-to-address for your map with the end number ****.

If this was my debit card I’d be really worried. I only use the card for places which don’t take a debit card (like train tickets); will now be checking my statement, although I guess it could be late this month.

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This poorly thought out rambling was posted by me, James Burrage, on Thursday, October 4th, 2007 at 4:07 pm and is filed under Technology. If anyone responds to this post, you can follow them through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.