Hundreds of credit cards exposed.

UPDATE: Blippy responds in their blog.

As reported by Mashable today Blippy, the online “service” that allows you to see what others have purchased and share your purchases, had an embarrassing and potentially dangerous security issue today. According to Mashable:

“Tipster Trey Copeland wrote to us with a link to results for the search: site:blippy.com +”from card”. That search returns results showing detailed purchase information for transactions. Each result highlights that there was a “debit card transaction” or “card transaction,” the amount spent, the specific location (address included) and the full card number.”

Mashable included a screenshot of Google’s search results, which show a number of compromised credit card numbers exposed. Don’t bother trying that search query: you’ll get an error message from Google instead.

The social media team I run at C-E has long speculated that this would happen. We couldn’t imagine why on earth anyone would share their purchases and trust all their credit card numbers to a social site that doesn’t sell anything.

TIP: As we warned a few weeks ago, there’s no reason to join Blippy. You do not ever need to share your purchases. It makes you a target. If you are a member, take immediate action to remove your financial information.

A generous nod to Gary Olson for the story.

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