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Old 07-09-2021, 08:11 PM   #1
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Default Famous Smoke Shop website down for days now

Is anyone here local to a FSS store? The website has been down since at least Tuesday.
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Old 07-10-2021, 06:13 AM   #2
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Default Re: Famous Smoke Shop website down for days now

I noticed this too. Thought it was just my crappy old laptop
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Old 07-10-2021, 06:32 AM   #3
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I received this in an e-mail from them last night:

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Old 07-10-2021, 12:34 PM   #4
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Speculation on other sites is that they have been hit with a ransomware attack--just a rumor at this point.
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Old 07-10-2021, 02:49 PM   #5
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Default Re: Famous Smoke Shop website down for days now

"no customer financial information was impacted".............yeah sure. Keep an eye out if you deal with them.

If they are a part of that huge attack, the info was attained.
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Old 07-10-2021, 07:16 PM   #6
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Oh wow. Thanks for the info.
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Old 07-10-2021, 07:33 PM   #7
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Well if they steal my credit card info, I'm not reporting it. Because the thief will be spending less at Famous than I was . . . .
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Old 07-11-2021, 10:11 AM   #8
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Well if they steal my credit card info, I'm not reporting it. Because the thief will be spending less at Famous than I was . . . .
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Old 07-12-2021, 03:00 PM   #9
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Ransomware confirmed:

https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/new...re-attack.html
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