Video store chain Hemmakväll has been the victim of a data breach, writes dn.se.
The 50,000-strong customer list including names, social security number and encrypted password is now fully open online.
The information has been out there on the net since Friday evening, but was discovered by Hemmakväll first today, Wednesday.
According to the Daily News, the company’s customer lists out there as a file on a website specializing in stolen information. The customer register includes name, email address, home address and mobile number to the 50,000 customers who signed up on the company website. Additionally, all passwords out there in encrypted form. A hacker who manages to crack the encryption, however, would gain access to passwords in clear text.
Jaana Thoren, Marketing Hemmakväll confirms hacking. For dn.se she says that the encryption of the passwords is powerful, but now taken action.
– To the security is so very important for us, we have begun work to change all the passwords, she says.
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