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FTC investigates PetCo.com security hole

Dec 5, 2003 1:48PM PST

Pet supply retailer PetCo disclosed this week that its security and privacy practices are the target of an investigation by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which is following up on an e-commerce security gaffe that left as many as 500,000 credit card numbers accessible from the Web earlier this year.

In October the FTC served PetCo with a "Civil Investigative Demand" seeking information and documents on how the company protects private customer information on the PetCo.com e-commerce site, PetCo revealed in its quarterly report Wednesday. "At the present time, the Company is unable to determine whether the FTC will initiate any enforcement action against the Company or the financial impact any such action might entail," the company wrote.

http://www.securityfocus.com/news/7581

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