Gameware.at: Webshop Hacked,100,000 Customer Information was Stolen

As the Tyrolean company Gameware KG announced today that hackers have the night of 23 to 24 August access to the Web server provides the Austrian online shops. In the several hours of attack and were stolen about 100,000 customers data - many of them German, the uncut version imported from Innsbruck.


As the technicians of Gameware found is only when a hacker attack have been involved. The previously unknown perpetrators resorted to an internet connection in southern Europe. Despite the use of anonymizing services could save a company commissioned by Gameware team of security experts, a lot of evidence that will indicate the identity of the hacker. They were handed over to Austrian authorities. It also has a new security procedure used, which shall henceforth protect customer data. Affected by the data theft are apparently all in the profile stored customer data, except credit card information. But if bank details are concerned, Gameware was not known - however, there was talk in the first e-mail out to customers warning that one should keep an eye on his bank accounts.