Petco misconfiguration exposes customer personal data online
US pet supplies retailer Petco said a software configuration error exposed files containing customers' personal information online. The exposed data included customer names, Social Security numbers and driver's license information.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Petco
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Customer names, Social Security numbers and driver's license information
- Cause / method
- Software configuration error exposed personal data files online
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- Petco confirmed that a software configuration error had exposed files containing customers' personal information online.
- It was disclosed that the exposed data included customer names, Social Security numbers and driver's license information.
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