Defrosted starter for 10: Iceland home delivery site spills customer details

Something smelled fishy.

By John Leyden

Iceland’s home delivery service exposed sensitive customer information for months until the problem was plugged this week, a UK security researcher discovered.

Paul Moore went public with his findings after failing to get the retailer to act even 12 months after first reporting the issue. Public disclosure finally prompted action from Iceland where private reminders had failed, he said. The flaws were resolved shortly after Moore went public on Wednesday.

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Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/

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