SINGAPORE - The personal and shipping information as well as order details of about 100,000 Razer customers around the world had been in danger of being exposed because a server was misconfigured, allowing the public to have access to the data.The statement by the home-grown gaming hardware firm also said the problem was fixed two days earlier, on Wednesday .
The data breach was discovered by cyber security consultant Volodymyr Diachenko, who wrote last Thursday on LinkedIn that he estimated the total number of affected customers to be around 100,000, based on the number of e-mail addresses exposed.Mr Diachenko said the server was misconfigured for public access since Aug 18 and he immediately notified the company via their support channel.
In its statement to Mr Diachenko, Razer said the server misconfiguration potentially exposed order details, customer and shipping information. Razer apologised for the lapse and said it had taken all necessary steps to fix it as well as do a thorough review of its IT security and systems.Mr Diachenko said customer records could have been used by criminals to launch targeted phishing attacks in which the scammer posed as Razer or a related company. Customers could also be at risk of fraud.
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