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Spreadshirt reports unauthorised access on partner websites
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Magazine that garment decoration service provider Spreadshirt had confirmed a breach of security on its partner websites. In an email alert sent to partners on January 5, Spreadshirt said that it was able to detect the unauthorised access attempts on partner accounts, the aim of which was to extract lists of addresses and passwords from the company's online platform.
The message read: “We conducted a comprehensive and thorough review of
n January 6 it was reported in Infosecurity
partner data for any
questionable activity once we had become aware of the activity."
In a second email sent on January 6, Spreadshirt confirmed that “fraudulent log-in attempts to
Spreadshirt Partner accounts have been made. The attacker(s) used lists of email addresses and passwords obtained from compromised online services and used them against Spreadshirt Partner accounts.”
The company believed that the attack was facilitated by credential re-use, and has implemented a password reset. In a statement issued to Infosecurity, a company spokesperson said: “We took
action immediately when we noticed the first fraudulent logins and asked the affected Partners to change their passwords and check their payout details.
“Because the attack is still ongoing and because not all partners changed their passwords we decided to reset them in all affected accounts on January 5. All other Spreadshirt Partners received an email asking them to change their passwords and giving tips how a secure password should look like.”
The spokesman added: "The attacker´s goal is to change the Paypal payout address for the commission payout in the Partner
Slick Stitch marks a year in new premises S
lick Stitch, one of the UK's largest garment decorators, celebrated a full year of trading in its new premises in January.
The company purchased the new 120,000sq ft site in
Wolverhampton in July 2015 and spent six months fully refurbishing the building, before relocating in January 2016. Slick Stitch had reached the stage where it had outgrown its old 40,000sq ft premises. The building was restricting the company's operating capabilities in all areas.
The move has meant that Slick Stitch has been able to reduce its average production lead time from seven days down to
Slick Stichʼs new premises The embroidery operation
three. The company has also been able to stock more products for customers.
Slick Stitch now offers its customers a complete solution with conference, meeting and training facilities all under one roof. And in addition to this move, the company has appointed Gurj Gidda to the position of commercial manager. Mr Gidda joined the company in October 2016 and has a wealth of experience in the corporate, promotional and workwear sectors. Speaking about the new premises he said: "We are now in a unique position, stock holding, decorating and dispatching millions of garments with an average order size of only two units."
Epson announces two new innovation hubs in Italy A
n innovation research lab and a printing research centre dedicated to the development of new
industrial digital textile products in Itlay have been unveiled by Epson. The two new sites join Epsonʼs established Textile Solution Center in Como, Italy. With the opening of these facilities Epson, For.Tex and
F.Illi Robustelli, which was recently acquired by Epson, have realised their vision to
| 8 | February 2017
create a worldwide hub for the digital textile printing industry in Italy. The Innovation Research Lab will focus on ink technology R&D, while The Printing Research Center will aid future development of Epson inkjet core technology dedicated to textile printing. Sunao Murata, chief operating officer, of Epson's Professional Printing Operations Division, said: “We are delighted to announce the establishment of the
Innovation Research Lab and The Printing Research Center in Como. “These state-of-the-art R&D facilities symbolise Epson's strong commitment to accelerating the development of digital textile inkjet printing both in the Como region and the rest of the world." Epson, F.lli Robustelli and For.Tex have been collaborating since 2003, when they launched the Monna Lisa digital textile printer.
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account and thus get the money. Spreadshirt partners have no financial damage. The commissions will be paid out with the next payout.” IT security consultant Tom Salmon, who alerted Infosecurity to the attack, said that this is quite a common attack vector, and he suspected that the access was detected due to decent monitoring.
He explained: "In this case, the compromise method was simple – the attackers used credentials previously stolen in other attacks to log in to Spreadshirt Partner accounts that had used the same username and password between multiple sites."
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