Info [IMPORTANT] [PSA] NCIX Exposed Payment & Personal Data

Snowfoxs · Sep 21, 2018

Source: Privacy Fly | NCIX DATABREACH

TL;DR from Reddit:

Another research firm, Privacy Fly, has come across an unauthorized 3rd party that claimed that they have servers from the now bankrupt retailer NCIX. Upon interacting with the seller, the seller noted to the writer (Travis) that they had unerased server contents. Additionally, Travis made many disturbing discoveries upon further interactions with the seller which are chronicled in the article, such as storage of unencrypted payment data.

Extremely sensitive data like SINs (the Canadian equivalent of SSNs) and payroll data in the case of former employees is also included.

It would be much easier to state what hasn't been breached, but the inconvenient truth is practically everything should be assumed to be included, and not even encrypted.

Privacy Fly has released a report stating that all NCIX data from what amounts to their entire history as a company has been breached

The researcher behind the piece (Travis) has posted multiple (censored) screenshots that demonstrate that this is very real data

Multiple unauthorized 3rd parties are in possession of datasets about NCIX's customers including names, physical addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers, serial numbers, and much more

DUE TO THE INCLUSION OF EXTREMELY SENSITIVE INFO LIKE SOCIAL INSURANCE NUMBERS AND PAYROLL DATA IN THE CASE OF FORMER EMPLOYEES, AND THE RANGE OF AFFECTED DATA, THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION! TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PREVENT AND PROTECT AGAINST FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY.

UNENCRYPTED PAYMENT INFORMATION IS ALSO INCLUDED. CALL YOUR BANK IMMEDIATELY IF YOU DID NOT DO SO FOR YESTERDAY'S NEWEGG WARNING.

MD5-hashed passwords were also included - treat this breach like you would any other breach that involved the theft of passwords

Both Canadian and American users are affected.

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