Thanks to one of our readers we get word this morning of a data breach that occurred last month. This database compromise affected customers of ihomeaudio.com timexaudio.com and kiddesigns.com.
A letter was posted on January 26, 2010 informing our reader of the data breach. Upon reviewing bank transactions it became apparent that the card was compromised before January 17, 2010 when erroneous transactions began to appear on his statement. It is unclear from the letter when the breach actually took place.
The rather disconcerting aspect is that SDI Technologies, the parent company, did not offer any sort of credit services but, merely suggested to customers that they monitor their credit and links to download free copies of their reports.
Here is a screen cap thumbnail of part of the letter.
Oddly there it doesn’t appear to be any mention of the breach on their websites.
I just got call from Visa last night concerning charges to my account from this breach. Itunes, record stores, must have been hacked by 15 year olds, the security must have been stellar, and what balls on the part of their VP of Business and Legal Affairs to produce such a letter taking absolutely no responsibility for the breach. Where is the class action?
@Mike
A very good point. Where is the class action?
Yes I agree, where is the class action. My credit card just had to be shut down. Now I am left to clean up this mess.
Look on http://consumer.state.ny.us/pdf/march_data_breach_reporting.pdf for info.
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The card I used on iHome was used fraudulently due to the breach. I got a call from Abe’s of Maine asking if I had purchased a camera system. They told me the card number the thieves used and sure enough, it matched up. Thankfully, the card was only a “rebate” visa that only had about $10 left on it.
The letter SDI sent out was a joke. I’ll never buy from them again. I’m also cutting back on online purchases.