Category: stockx

StockX hack reportedly stole 6.8 million records

Post author By Randall
Post date August 3, 2019
Categories In breach, data breach, footwear, gear, Hack, hacking, Internet, Security, shoes, stockx, Tech

[ad_1] TC verified the claims by contacting people from a sample of 1,000 records using information only they would know. We’ve asked the company for comment. While the intruders don’t appear to have taken particularly sensitive info, like payment cards, it’s still a significant breach — especially when the seller intends to make the data […]

StockX forced password resets after ‘suspicious activity’ alert

Post author By Randall
Post date August 1, 2019
Categories In Internet, password reset, reseller, Security, stockx, Tech

[ad_1] For all the sneakerheads and hypebeasts out there, if you received an email from StockX asking you to reset your password, then it was probably authentic. The online marketplace told Engadget in a statement that it was “recently alerted to suspicious activity involving our platform.” Exactly what that included is unspecified, but “out of […]

The best apps for buying sneakers

Post author By Randall
Post date April 10, 2019
Categories In Design, ebay, Entertainment, footwear, gear, goat, hypebeast, Internet, Mobile, services, shoes, sneaker con, sneakercon, sneakers, stockx, Tech, thebuyersguide

[ad_1] While sites and apps have made sneaker shopping safer, this digital shift has presented an entirely new challenge for companies: bots, automated computer scripts that can buy items faster than a human can. Bots, which are mostly used by resellers looking to profit off highly coveted shoes are now what people blame every time […]