Pro Wrestling Tees, the popular wrestling merchandise provide, has experienced some controversy this week. This stems from a letter PWTees sent off to customers, starting December 15th. The letter informed of a data breach on the site which compromised credit/debit card information. Many customers noted that the company (per the letter) was informed of the breach on November 1st, 2021; weeks before these letters hit customer mailboxes.
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Since this letter has surfaced, many customers have pointed out the fraudulent charges put to their credit and debit cards. Many have claimed that the fraudulent charges have racked up to hundreds of dollars across the month of November. Its important to note that this breach has been exclusive to cards attached to PWTees accounts. Amid the breach, no PayPal users have claimed fraud charges on their accounts.
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In the aftermath of this situation, PWTees and owner Ryan Barkin have yet to make any formal statement on this matter. However, Twitter user Joe Sposto was able to get a response from a “AEW email address” on this matter (the thread is available to read below). According to the response, the reason for the slow rollout of letters was due to an active investigation on the breach. The reason for the non-existent social media postings on the matter was due to fear that the posts would attract more hackers. Since this breach, much time and money has been put into removing the malware responsible for this breach and implement better security to make sure this never happens again.
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