At the beginning of November, Pro Wrestling Tees suffered a security breach that resulted in customers’ personal information being stolen. Now, more answers regarding the breach have become available.
After the breach, Pro Wrestling Tees announced that they would be working with IDX — a security group that works in providing identity theft protection — to help users who may have been compromised by the breach. In a new FAQ section on their website, both companies shared more information on the breach, including what happened and how the company is moving forward.
Once Pro Wrestling Tees noted the breach, they said, they immediately conducted an “extensive forensic investigation” of its computer system, and ended up enhancing its cyber security protocols as a result in the hopes of eliminating the chance of another breach happening.
As for why the breach wasn’t made public for a month, the company says that due to it being part of an “active federal investigation with law enforcement agencies,” the company could not divulge any information. In an email sent out to Twitter user Joe Sposto (below), the company also noted that they were “instructed not to post about this on social media” because it may attract more attacks on them. The company said that only “a small percentage” of customers were affected as well, and that they were able to identify and remove the source of the malware and “install newer high-end security to ensure this does not happen again.”
Federal authorities have been and are currently investigating the PWTees date breach incident, per the ProWrestlingTees IDX response.
— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) December 22, 2021
Once the investigation was complete, the company said it made a list of users who were affected by the breach, and then handed that list off to a data breach notification company to send out letters letting them know. According to a report from Fightful on the issue, Pro Wrestling Tees was the only store affected by the breach, with popular sites like ShopAEW, Global ShopAEW, All Elite Crate, and Pro Wrestling Crate remaining safe from any intrusions.
In the same email to Sposto, Pro Wrestling Tees said that those who might feel wary of ordering from the company again should use PayPal to pay for items moving forward to prevent more severe risks from happening.
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