Canadian payment gateway provider Slim CD was hit by a cyberattack which has affected almost 1.7 million US and Canadian users.
The company first detected suspicious activity in its system on June 15 2024, however an investigation revealed the system had first been breached on August 17 2023, meaning hackers had access to its network for almost a year. Slim CD insists that hackers only had access to credit card information for two days of the period, between June 14 and June 15, but the information accessed may include full names, credit card numbers, expiration dates, and customer’s physical address.
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Source: MSN News
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