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2002-2003 Foundry Credit Card Transactions Exposed


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Cher Ami writes:

Rogcollectibles.
If your cards are like mine, they are just reissued with the same account number with either 2 or 4 years added to expiration date. The number stays the same.
It may be prudent to ask for a new card


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One of our readers has alerted us to the fact that a foreign website (possibly Indonesian) has posted what appear to be confidential credit card transactions involving Foundry mail-orders.

The files, which are plain text files posted in an accessible folder, are dated 6 January 2004. The actual orders date from 2002 and 2003.

For example, one file seems to contain the information from a series of emails (confidential information removed by TMP):

Excerpt from file

Date: Sun Sep 01 13:55:34 2002
To: The Foundry Ltd <>
From: Deleted by Moderator <Deleted by Moderator>
Subject: 523 - Secure Online Credit Card Order

TOTAL CHARGES: 144.00
Name: Deleted by Moderator
Street: Deleted by Moderator
City: Deleted by Moderator
State or Province: MA
Zip or Postal Code: 02472
Country: U.S.A.
Phone: Deleted by Moderator
E-Mail: Deleted by Moderator
Invoice# 523
I.P. Address:
Domain: Deleted by Moderator
Expiration Month: 02
Year: 2005
CC Type: Visa
CreditCard# Deleted by Moderator
3 digit number on back of the card: Deleted by Moderator

There are several dozen files in all, each of which contain one or more credit-card orders.

TMP has notified Foundry of the problem, and is not publicly disclosing the website location.