eCommerce data breach exposes details on half a million users
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Ecommerce firm allegedly suffers data breach. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The North Pole Company, a Canadian gift basket delivery service, allegedly suffered a data breach in which half a million customers lost sensitive personal information.
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The claim was made on BreachForums, a popular underground community where cybercriminals come to share tools, resources, and experiences, to find partners and plan future attacks. Cybersecurity researchers from Incogni reported a threat actor using the alias FutureSeeker posted a new thread on BreachForums on January 19, offering a North Pole database to its peers.
“Today I have uploaded the NorthPole database for you to download, thanks for reading and enjoy!” reads the thread. The data compromised in the attack includes email addresses, phone numbers, emails, postal addresses, and full names, of exactly 520,599 people.
The North Pole Company has not yet made an official statement about the alleged breach. We have reached out and will update the article if we hear back. The North Pole Company is a Canadian gift basket delivery service specializing in Christmas gift baskets featuring gourmet foods, wines, and festive items, aiming to be the leading provider in Canada and the United States.
Sign up to the TechRadar Pro newsletter to get all the top news, opinion, features and guidance your business needs to succeed!. FutureSeeker is a relatively unknown name in the cybercriminal community. However, if the claims end up being true, that could change. More than half a million active email addresses, together with full names and phone numbers, is more than enough information for phishing, and fraud, leaving users potentially in need of identity theft protection.
