Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear

Nats had their admin password list hacked.

Using these password , thieves used software to monitor sponsors emails by logging in as a nats admin and retrieving data.

Most attempts appear only to be related to email harvesting.

Credit card information pertaining to signups are not stored nor displayed for admins very easily , so while it is unlikely it's possible they could have access to such information as affiliate data ( emails , encrypted password, ss#'s etc )

Nats has been aware of this situation for quite some time but "perhaps" overlooked the seriousness of the breach ( in my opinion due to pure negligence, as many many webmasters have mentioned it time and time again. i.e. spam after using nats sponsors ) furthermore nats employees appeared to many to be more interested in silencing the truth rather than fix the problem .

In hindsight , no software is perfect , but there are many methods of fixing problems, #1 is listening to your customers in an open fashion .

I thought nats guys did a great job in apologizing and setting the record straight even if it meant opeing them up to legal problems. I sure hope this is an isolated incident and not something more serious like a managed breach.