38,000 Card Details Lost In Hack Attack

Cotton Traders admits that its website was attacked earlier this year and the credit card details of 38,000 customers were stolen, although steps were taken and most cards stopped in January.

The BBC has reported that clothing retailer Cotton Traders was the victim of a hacking attack at the beginning of the year, when the credit card details and addresses of 38,000 customers were stolen.

Although the company has admitted the attack happened, it has refused to confirm its size. But it did claim that it contacted Barclaycard immediately after the event, and most of the cards concerned were stopped back in January and Apacs, the payment industry’s trade association, said police specialists were investigating the case. No details of the hacking method were given.

In a statement, Cotton Traders said:

“Earlier this year we identified a security issue. We immediately brought in industry security experts to resolve the problem. Cotton Traders have recently upgraded all security on their website which has been validated by leading Industry experts.”

The company added that all customer card details were encrypted on the site, saying, “We would like to reassure all our customers that their data is secure and that the Cotton Traders website meets all leading Industry security standards.”