An anonymous hacker has data of almost one hundred thousand persons can pick from the database of the National box office. In between were 2100 credit card data, of which 226 are still active.
The hacker discovered that the entire database of the website, of the 4.5 million lines, with no password to access, reports NU.nl. The cracked system is an old database that was used for the newsletter. Since 2010, our web site uses a different system, therefore, is only a tenth of the credit cards active. Director Matthijs Bongertman speaks of an ‘intentional intrusion’ on a ‘secure system’. According to him, the security issue has been fixed now. Because of an earlier burglary on the system that had the hacker, no password is required.
In the database could also address details, correspondence and transaction details be found. Unencrypted storage of credit card information should not according to the rules of the credit card companies. To meet that requirement are the credit card numbers now unreadable stored. In the database, the data of, among others, PvdA Mp Mariëtte Hamer and some police officers.