Newegg is the latest to be affected by a data breach. Hackers inserted skimming software (Magecart) into Newegg’s payment page between August 14th and September 18th, 2018. Newegg has sent out an e-mail to customers stating they don’t know exactly which customer accounts have been affected yet and that by Friday they will publish a F.A.Q. answering common questions. For more details on the attack itself I’d recommend reading the reports by Volexity and RiskIQ.
Whenever a breach like this happens I always say that the consequences for data breaches need to be increased as currently they are occurring far too frequently and it’s apparent companies aren’t spending enough time and resources to prevent these types of attacks.
