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330,000 Customer Credit Cards Exposed In A Hack

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If you've recently purchased at an online retailer that sells knockoff clothing and items that aren't authentic, it's possible your credit card number, as well as personal information, was compromised.

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Since the 6th of January, an unencrypted database with thousands of credit card numbers and cardholders' information has been leaking onto the internet.

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When it was shut down on the morning of Tuesday contained around 300.000 credit-card numbers and names of cardholders as well as full billing addresses as well as increasing in real-time as customers made new orders.

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The data contained all of the information that criminals could require to commit fraud purchases and transactions using the cardholder's data.

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These credit cards belong to people who bought items from an online network that is similar to stores that claim to sell clothing and designer products.

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However, the stores faced the same security issues: Anytime customers purchased and used their credit card, their data and billing details were stored in a database. 

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