SHOPIFY SAYS `ROGUE' EMPLOYEES STOLE MERCHANT DATA

Shopify Inc. said two employees stole data from more than 100 merchants, potentially exposing the personal information of consumers who shopped on web stores that use the company's e-commerce software. “Rogue members” of Shopify's support team were involved in a scheme to obtain customer transactional records from some of the merchants, the company said in a blog post that noted fewer than 200 sellers were affected. Customer transaction records from some of the merchants were obtained by hackers on Sept. 15, according to an email sent to customers by 100% Pure, a cosmetics retailer that uses the Shopify platform. Shopify terminated these two employees' access to its network and the company is working with the FBI and other international agencies that are investigating what it called “criminal acts.”