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Wired: E-Commerce Hole Exposed

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 9, 1999

“Security experts have discovered a flaw in Microsoft’s popular
Internet Information Server software that may expose credit card
numbers and other sensitive information.”

“… according to a security advisory issued on Friday by
L0pht…, companies using the e-commerce system to store credit
card numbers and sensitive customer details like shipping addresses
and transaction logs as text files are at risk.”

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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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