Netflix has confirmed that it has fired a call center worker that was caught stealing credit card numbers from customers of the rental service.
The data theft was discovered on April 4th and the worker was promptly fired.
Says Netflix Senior Counsel Sharon Williamson in a letter to the office of the New Hampshire Attorney General:
Adds head spokesmen Steve Swasey:
Netflix has only confirmed that two people had their info stolen, but there may be more.
Says Netflix Senior Counsel Sharon Williamson in a letter to the office of the New Hampshire Attorney General:
The worker accessed over approximately the past two months, without authorization, the credit card information of some Netflix customers who spoke with the individual over the telephone.
Adds head spokesmen Steve Swasey:
We do everything we can to safeguard our members' personal data and privacy, and when there's an issue like this we deal with it swiftly and decisively.
Netflix has only confirmed that two people had their info stolen, but there may be more.
