ESA's official online store hacked to steal payment card data
The European Space Agency's official online store was hit by a hacking attack aimed at stealing payment card data. The attackers used a sweater product in the store for the attack.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- European Space Agency (ESA)
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Hacking of official online store in an attempt to steal payment card data
- Location
- Other countries
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataCard details
- Turn on payment alerts in your card issuer’s app, and if you see a charge you don’t recognize, ask the issuer to block and reissue the card.
Timeline
- A hack of the European Space Agency's official online store aimed at stealing payment card data came to light.
- It emerged that the attackers had used a sweater product in the attack.
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