This week in breach: Shopper Approved

Exploit: Malicious code.Shopper Approved: Utah-based company that provides a review widget for other companies’ websites, that allows customers to post reviews.Individual Risk: Severe: Those affected by this breach should cancel their credit cards and enroll in a credit monitoring service.Customers Impacted: Unclear how many customers were affected by this breach, but only sites with the widget code on their checkout pages had credit card information compromised. The incident only lasted 2 days before being discovered, a much shorter span than many of the other Magecart breaches.A breach of this kind can often go unknown for a long period of time while the hackers collect valuable user data and credit card information. Even though it is a third party who was breached, it will be your business that takes the PR damage.Read moreIn Other News:Google - Google+ will be shutting down, and yes Google+ is (or at least was) still around. After exposing more than 500,000 users’ data to external developers, the tech giant has decided the best course of action is to close down the failed social network. This move makes sense given the recent outrage against Facebook after the social media site exposed 50 million people’s data. An unfortunately fitting ending to the continuously failing website.Read More