Domain registrar has unauthorized access to personal information and reset all passwords

ByIvanpw

Internet registrar accepting domain name registration application "Name.comIn the meantime, there was a possibility that unexpected access to personal information including credit card information etc. was done, so that measures to reset the password of all users were taken. The card information was encrypted and stored, so it is said that there has not been any evidence of misuse at the moment.

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http://www.name.com/


Name.com resets all passwords following security breach, says emails and credit cards 'may have' been accessed - The Next Web
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/05/08/name-com-discovers-security-breach-says-emails-and-credit-card-info-may-have-been-accessed/


Name.com (namedotcom) uses Twitter
https://twitter.com/namedotcom

According to Name.com, four pieces of information that may be read by unauthorized access are "user name", "e-mail address", "password" and "credit card information". Of these, password and credit card information is 4096 bitsRSA encryptionSince the secret key is stored in a remote place, there is no possibility that the content of the information was seen.

For now, although it is not evident that this read information was misused, at Name.com we decide to reset all passwords, and we will send you a notification by e-mail to all users.

However, because it was a sudden email, users accidentally asking Twitter's official account whether they really belonged to Name.com also happened.

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- Name.com (@ namedotcom)May 8, 2013

After explaining about the possibility that unauthorized access was done by e-mail, I urge you to reset the password saying "please reset the password by clicking the following link and reset it again" Even users accustomed to the internet, the possibility of missing thinking it is a new fraud seems high. I think that the correspondence itself at Name.com is quick and has no problems ... ....