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> It could happen to any of us really.

Yes, but the whole private key thing and the ability to access the cc numbers from the front-end (unless they hacked the DB server as well, I think they didn't?) reeks of failure.

The only thing standing between the plain text cc numbers and the hackers is the passphrase, better pray that it's a good one.



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