Chinese hacker steals user information on 18 MILLION online shoppers at Auction.co.kr
Sunday, February 17 2008 @ 02:01 PM CST
Contributed by: PrivacyNews
According to Hackbase.com, South Korea’s oldest and largest online shopping site (Auction.co.kr) has claimed it was attacked by a Chinese hacker who made off with the user information on 18 million members and a large amount of financial data. It is further claimed that Auction.co.kr delayed 20 hours after the attack before comfirming the loss of information. Korean users rebuked the website for being too slow to act. It was confirmed that the attack was launched through China’s internet.
Source - The Dark Visitor
PogoWasRight.org editor's note: as the original source is not in English, we are including this item but can't be sure what the original said. The Web Hacking Incidents Database also reports this incident.