Mozilla shuts Firefox e-store after security breach

"It was unclear whether the vendor, St. Louis-based GatewayCDI, which bills itself as a "promotional products distributor and incentive company," notified Mozilla or whether the browser maker found out about the breach some other way.

""Today, Mozilla discovered that GatewayCDI, the third-party vendor entrusted to run the backend of the Mozilla Store, suffered a security breach," Mozilla said in a warning on its Web site."

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