Customters of the online Lush shop should ensure that their credit cards have not been compromised as the website has fallen foul of hackers.
Orders placed on the website between 4 October 2010 and 20 January 2011 are those which may have been targeted. If customers have ordered in the store or via phone, then they need not worry. The company has said that customers who were potential victims of the cybercrime were sent an email on 20 January 2011.
The website is still under attack.
Lush said, "24 hour security monitoring has shown us that we are still being targeted and there are continuing attempts to re-enter. We refuse to put our customers at risk of another entry - so have decided to completely retire this version of our website."
They have advised customers to contact their banks to ensure their card details have not been hacked.
The company plans to launch a completely new and temporary website in the next few days, which will only cater to PayPal payments.
Lush also showed their sense of humour and sarcasm by addressing a message to the hacker - by offering him/her a job. The website says, "If you are reading this, our web team would like to say that your talents are formidable. We would like to offer you a job - were it not for the fact that your morals are clearly not compatible with ours or our customers'."
Guess that's one place the hacker can't apply for a job anymore.
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Posted by Devina Divecha
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