Gyft.com Users Target Of Password Theft
Popular Bitcoin gift card website Gyft.com has recently come under attack from malicious individuals looking to steal customer passwords. As a result of this attempted breach, Gyft has been forced to reset certain customer passwords as a precaution. It was only a matter of time until Gyft had to address this issue, as complaints about stolen usernames and password have been around for quite some time. Any service linked to financial tools in some way will become the target of unwanted attention somewhere down the line. For popular gift card service Gyft.com, that attention came in the form....
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