The Biggest Magento 1 Data Breach: 2000 Hacked Stores

Sansec, the leader in eCommerce malware and vulnerability detection, discovered more than 2000 cyber attacks on Magento 1 stores last weekend. The hackers placed malicious JavaScript code on the checkout pages of these stores to intercept customers’ payment information. Cybersecurity experts state that this data breach may have compromised tens of thousands of online customers. 

Unfortunately, the number of hacker attacks on stores built with Magento 1 will only increase due to the end of its support. Despite the warnings of the Magento company and the leading payment solutions providers like VISA and PayPal, almost 100,000 online stores still use the outdated eCommerce platform.

However, two years of cautions about Magento 1 end of life did the work. More and more merchants migrate their businesses to Magento 2. Great job! We sure they won’t have to google the penalties for PCI non-compliance.

Magento 2 Offers Merchants More Comprehensive Security: 

• Enhanced Password Algorithms
• 2-Factor Authentication
• Dynamic Backup Plan
• Unique Admin URL
• Better Development Environment

Moreover, Magento 1 can hardly keep up with the latest eCommerce trends and tendencies. 

Haven’t Migrated Yet?

Mobecls Ltd. is an eCommerce development company, founded in 2010. We unite the skills of our developers, sales, marketing, and SEO specialists to provide online retailers with unique solutions, taking into account their business specifics and needs. We’ll smoothly migrate your data, extensions, integrations, design, and custom functionality regardless of your store’s size, the number of products, and custom functionality.

Mobecls Team provides basic, standard & full Magento migration scenarios. Full Magento migration includes settings & data, extensions & integrations, custom functionality, theme & design transfer. Moreover, we’ll help you to create a migration plan. If you’re interested in other Magento migration scenarios, contact our experts.

Alex Yermak

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E-commerce Journalist at Mobecls
2+ years experience

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