Coleman’s Site Asks Online Donors To Cancel Credit Cards — And Send A Check

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Another fun detail to the story about the Coleman campaign’s breach of online donors’ credit-card data — which was caused after the site’s entire unencrypted database was briefly posted online in late January.

The campaign’s FAQ page about the breach — which promises that the individuals who stole this information will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, and urges any concerned supporters to cancel their credit cards — ends with a solicitation to send more money:

Of course, the donation has to be sent by snail-mail, or made with a credit card over the phone, because they’ve had to take down their Web site’s credit-card functionality.

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