Original Release Date: 3/4/2019
The sports trading card and collectible company Topps suffered a cyber attack against its website topps[.]com, exposing names, mailing addresses, telephone numbers, email addresses, and payment card information. This type of attack, around for the last several years, is known as a “MageCart” attack occurs when a website is hacked and a malicious script is injected onto the site’s checkout page in order to steal data. Topps believes the malicious script was present on the site from November 19, 2018-January 9, 2019. Any customers who entered their information on topps[.]com during this time are highly advised to monitor their banking statements for unauthorized activity, review their credit history for any signs of identity theft, and consider placing a security freeze on their credit file.