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Hackers Reportedly Infiltrated Gamestop.com And May Have Stolen A Massive Amount Of Credit Card Info

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Things haven’t been going well for Gamestop over the last few months. The world’s largest gaming retailer was raked over the coals when news leaked that employees were avoiding selling customers new games in an effort to bolster their used game sales. It was a gut punch to consumer confidence for Gamestop, who then made an announcement stating they were closing up to 150 stores due to low hardware and software sales in the 4th quarter of 2016.

Whether those two situations were related are unknown, but customers aren’t happy with the massive retailer. Now, they might have another mess on their hands according to a report by computer security journalist Brian Krebs. The report states that customer credit card info taken from Gamestop.com was allegedly being sold on a third-party black market website. The data breach was reportedly wide-ranging, with the credit card info in addition to customer names, address and three-digit credit card verification codes.

A Gamestop representative spoke to Krebs stating: “GameStop recently received notification from a third party that it believed payment card data from cards used on the GameStop.com website was being offered for sale on a website.”

The major concern is whether malware was placed in Gamestop.com that was stealing all of this info. Typically, verification codes are not stored in retailer databases for this very reason — to protect from hackers.

The representative continued to reassure customers they were working to get to the bottom of the breach. “That day a leading security firm was engaged to investigate these claims. Gamestop has and will continue to work non-stop to address this report and take appropriate measures to eradicate any issue that may be identified.”

Gamestop then reminded its customers to monitor their bank accounts and credit card charges. Not good.

(Via Polygon)