Bought anything from Geeks.com recently?

[arcas]

Looks like geeks.com coughed up customer information, including Visa credit card numbers, to
a group of hackers on Dec 5, 2007.

Link

So much for the "HACKER SAFE" banner they proudly display at the bottom of their website...

 

[Miramonti]

I'll have to rethink this one. I was so confident that advertising "hacker safe" was the way to go, I put a sign in front of my house "impenetrable to thieves".

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

Originally posted by: jjsole
...I put a sign in front of my house "impenetrable to thieves".

Damn, I believed it too. I could have had all of your cool stuff

 

[Ig]

Virtual credit cards/Shopsafe/one store use numbers FTW.

Pretty much all I use now when shopping online. Good thing too, since I ordered something right before they discovered the breach.

I didn't get an email from Geeks.com though.

 

[arcas]

Originally posted by: Ig
Virtual credit cards/Shopsafe/one store use numbers FTW.

Pretty much all I use now when shopping online. Good thing too, since I ordered something right before they discovered the breach.

I didn't get an email from Geeks.com though.

Which cards offer those these days? I think some Citibank cards still offer a single-use number feature?

 

[Old Hippie]

I didn't think those guys actually stored the CC info. I thought it went to some CC processer.

 

[alkemyst]

Hackersafe tests sites daily. However; new exploits are always figured out. It's like a virus checker. When a new virus comes out it's possible the checker will not know about it and you will be infected. Still it's better than nothing.

 

[kenji4life]

Like it's not bad enough that the one time I was dumb enough to order from these jerks, their site gets hacked. I probably used my visa too.. Geeks has been nothing but a prolonged headache for me, and this solidifies the already laid brick wall which I put up between me, and any further business with this site.

To all of you (I'm sure you're in the majority) who have had no problems before this with geeks, I tell you I am not the least bit surprised.

 

[osgoor]

I may be the victim of these guys. I had a charge of $600 show up on my statement for tickets to Italy. I called my cc and cancelled the card and challenged the charges.

 

[WT]

OOPS ... bought a PCMCIA adapter from them in December. I even was on the site browsing last night, so the paper bag image on the linked site is now quite appropriate.

 

[HannibalX]

Originally posted by: Ig
Virtual credit cards/Shopsafe/one store use numbers FTW.

Pretty much all I use now when shopping online. Good thing too, since I ordered something right before they discovered the breach.

I didn't get an email from Geeks.com though.

Thats a good idea. I need to start doing something similar.