Software service provider [24]7.ai was breached - You might think I, don't know this company so I don't care.NOT IF YOU ARE a Delta, Sears, Best Buy or Kmart customer.

MORAL OF THE STORY - Security practice of our Partners is indirectly a part of our security practice.


Last week software service provider [24]7.ai, a company that provides online chat services for Delta, Sears and other companies, announced that its platform was a victim of a data breach in 2017.

On Wednesday, Delta Air Lines and Sears came forward to announce that they had been impacted – and on Friday, the number of impacted companies expanded to include Best Buy,


“The question needs to be asked, who are our partners, what are their security practices, what data are we sharing, and what systems will they have access to? In this example, [24]7.ai – the software service provider for Sears (and many other large retail and airline brands) – became the source for the breach exposing customer credit card data,”

https://threatpost.com/impact-of-chat-service-breach-expands-to-best-buy-kmart/131062/