Marketplace Tech Report for Tuesday, January 17, 2012

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24 million accounts at Zappos.com have been hacked, according to notifications sent out to customers. According to the online shoe retailer, which is owned by Amazon.com, no credit card information was stolen, instead it was personal data like names, addresses, phone numbers, and emails, as well as the last four digits of a credit card number (traditionally used for verification).

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Zappos gets hacked, plus a new constitution for social networks

Two different stories about oversharing.
Posted In: social networks, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, security, zappos

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