Hackers Attack on What Would Walt Do!

[Woody13]

Hackers Attack
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Although we have employed the best security measures at our disposal, following an initial clean bill of health, we are sad to announce that our website was attacked by a team of hackers on August 5, 2004. We did not learn of the attack or the level of damage until August 30, 2004. The incident was promptly reported to the FBI's Cyber Crimes Division.

This means that any credit card used between August 5 and August 29, 2004 may have been passed to the hackers because of secret software installed by the hackers.

The good news is that we do not keep records of credit card numbers, so anyone ordering prior to August 5, 2004 should be safe from credit card charges. However, all Guests' names, addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses may have been copied by the hackers.

We have provided information and will continue to cooperate with the FBI in the investigation of this matter. We are very sorry for the worry that this presents to you.

The hackers had so fouled and contaminated the website that it will be weeks to rebuild the website. We appreciate your patience.

— Tom
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http://whatwouldwaltdo.com/

 

[Goofette]

That's awful! What kind of things do they sell there? Or is it just a pay site, like wdwmagic, well, for the upgrade?

 

[Al]

That's terrible, thank goodness they don't keep credit cards on record.

 

[Gregory]

They sell pins that say What WOulD Walt Do...

You can give these pins to extrodinary cast members

The site's goal is to honor great cast members

 

[Tramp]

The government needs to put these guys to work hacking into Al Qaeda sites to get us a few names and locations. :lookaroun

 

[Goofette]

The government needs to put these guys to work hacking into Al Qaeda sites to get us a few names and locations. :lookaroun

I agree Tramp. It reminds me of the guy from Catch me if You can...can't think of his name.

 

[Woody13]

By way of background, I ordered 6 "What Would Walt Do" pins in preparation for our upcoming trip to WDW. We always like to recognize cast members for their special efforts. As we all know, they sure don't get paid very much, so honoring them with one of these pins and of course writing a letter to WDW management praising them is the least we can do!

Unfortunately, I ordered the pins on August 7th and used my credit card. So, the hackers most certainly have my credit card information. I know they have my email address because I got this email from them on August 29th:

"Hello this is just a heads up to all of 'What Would Walt Do' customers. We=
have owned your all of your information and may or may not be stealing you=
r identities. Thank you.<br><br>OWNED BY HAMMER @ BARARCADE.COM"

I immediately forwarded the information to the FBI and the FTC and to the webmaster at "What Would Walt Do". Within an hour, I got this message back from the webmaster:

"Three of our guests have written tonight saying that they have received an e-mail from WhatWouldWaltDo.com saying that our security had been breeched and all personal information (with credit cards) has been lost.

This e-mail did not come from us. We believe it is "spoofed" or faked by someone forging our e-mail address. It is not that unusual a practice, unfortunately. We have had it happen a couple of times earlier, but each time our security consultants have indicated that no breech had occurred, as a result of tonight's e-mails I have requested another review.

First of all, we do not keep any credit card information at WhatWouldWaltDo. Although it is invisible, when you enter your credit card information, you are in a protected, secure tunnel and actually logged into our bank's website. The only information we get back on the transaction is the approval code. Therefore, there is nothing for anyone to steal.

Second, reading the copies of these e-mails made my heart stop, just as it probably did you. It's something none of us wishes to happen, so we are very careful and change our administrative passwords frequently.

Finally, I am in the final stages of formatting the nominations, and look forward to uploading a single batch of 118 nominations, which will mean that all orders and nominations will be current.

Please let me know if there is any remaining question I can answer.

Enjoy the Magic!

Tom"


So, that's how it stands now. Both the FBI and FTC contacted me with instructions on how to help catch these hackers but I can't give you any details about that aspect right now. Just wanted you all to be aware that hackers can and will strike anywhere. Even a Disney related site!

I will keep you posted on the outcome.