An online gift certificate company said a hacker that blackmailed it for weeks after pilfering its customer information has apparently carried out threats of disclosing the data to its customers. Webcertificate.com customers reported getting an e-mail message that included their home and e-mail addresses.. . .. An online gift certificate company said a hacker that blackmailed it for weeks after pilfering its customer information has apparently carried out threats of disclosing the data to its customers. Webcertificate.com customers reported getting an e-mail message that included their home and e-mail addresses. "I hate to inform you that your account has been hacked," said the e-mail, viewed by this reporter, from someone identified as Zilterio. Webcertificate, a unit of electronic-payment company Ecount, was hacked Aug. 21, a representative said. Shortly afterward, the hacker, who also claimed to have stolen credit card numbers of 350,000 of the company's customers, contacted Philadelphia-based Ecount and tried to extort the company, said Matt Gillin, Ecount's chief executive. The caller demanded $45,000 in exchange for not disclosing the information. The company refused to meet the demands, Gillin said. The link for this article located at ZDNet is no longer available. . An online gift certificate company said a hacker that blackmailed it for weeks after pilfering its c. online, certificate, company, hacker, blackmailed, weeks, pilfering. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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