Monoprice - hacked or compromised FYI

[myyaz33]

Monoprice.com seems to be a favorite place for cabling needs so I went there today and found that they are not taking any orders until they get they get it fixed. Apparently they have been compromised. Not sure it fits it this forum though...

From the site-

"The Monoprice website is unable to accept any orders (which includes order via phone, or livechat) while we correct some problems and perform maintenance.
It may take another week or two for us to have the servers completely back up and running in order for us to take orders from customers.
Truly sorry for any inconvenience it may cause you. Thanks again for your understanding and doing business with us."

 

[damage]

that's a bummer. lots of people posting on the monoprice facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/Monopricecom looks bad

http://www.krebsonsecurity.com/tag/monoprice-com/
http://consumerist.com/2010/03/monoprice-n...estigation.html

 

[cgull]

Wow...this is good to know especially since I recently have been buying a lot from them. Thanks!

 

[BraveSirRobbin]

I have used Deep Surplus in the past and I'm sure there are other alternatives out there (btw, I'm not at all associated with Deep Surplus).

 

[beelzerob]

Oh, monoprice is one of my all time favorite sites to buy at....even more than newegg. I do so hope they fix things.

Monoprice was one of the first sites ever where, when I paid postage, the package arrive, and the postage label on it had the exact amount I had paid on it. No frivilous or made up markup...postage was postage. I've always liked that about them.