Hanesbrands database hacked

  • 30 July 2015
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900K phone, online customers affected
 
29th July 2015 By Richard Craver/Winston-Salem Journal
 
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Hanesbrands Inc. said Wednesday that a customer order database was breached by a hacker in June, compromising information for about 900,000 online and telephone customers.
 
The hacker gained access to general customer information through the company’s website by posing as a “guest” customer checking an order, meaning they weren’t registered on the site. The hacker was able to get information including addresses, phone numbers and last four digits of a credit or debit card of other customers, Hanesbrands spokesman Matt Hall said.
 
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