Home furnishings retailer IKEA closed its online catalog order site last night after a privacy breach made the personal information of tens of thousands of its customers available online. The information had been exposed since at least Monday morning, when . . . . Home furnishings retailer IKEA closed its online catalog order site last night after a privacy breach made the personal information of tens of thousands of its customers available online. The information had been exposed since at least Monday morning, when an IKEA customer uncovered an unprotected database file containing customer records. The file, which was accessible until yesterday evening, contained the names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of customers who ordered IKEA catalogs. The link for this article located at CNET is no longer available. . A major security incident led to the temporary shutdown of IKEA's online catalog, resulting in the exposure of sensitive customer data and affecting a large number of users.. Customer Information Security, Online Retail Exposure, Privacy Protection. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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