ComputerWorld: Credit-card numbers stolen via known security hole | Linux Today

ComputerWorld: Credit-card numbers stolen via known security hole

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 11, 2000

“A 2-year-old security hole in Microsoft Corp.’s Internet
Information Server (IIS) software let a computer cracker download
thousands of credit-card numbers from e-commerce sites recently and
post them on the Internet.”

“A patch for that hole has been available for 18 months. But
webmasters at small companies say they don’t have the resources to
keep up with all of the patches…”

“…many small e-commerce sites neglect security. “The
biggest flaw you can have is to go into business undercapitalized.
And one of the biggest traps you can fall into is not to fund your
IT security”…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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