Developers used real data in test environment which was hacked exposing customers' data

Synopsis

In May 2016, hackers stole nearly 800,000 customers' data from a online child products retail company after their developers used real customer data for testing within a test web development site. Website and software developers often use real data to test changes to code to ensure it works. This data can be made anonymous in a way that allows the application changes to be tested without revealing real customer data but clearly this was not done by the developers in this case.

The leaked data contained information such as customer names, delivery addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses. Cyber criminals have the opportunity to use this information to steal personal identities.

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