Posted 08/06/09 at 09:24:36 AM by Paul Lilly

If you try accessing the Mozilla store, you'll be greeted with a message saying "The Mozilla Store has been closed for maintenance." Follow the provided link and Mozilla offers a little more insight into exactly why the e-store has been temporarily shut down.

"Today, Mozilla discovered that GatewayCDI, the third-party vendor entrusted to run the backend of the Mozilla Store, suffered a security breach," Mozilla wrote on its blog. "Once notified, we took the immediate preventative step of shutting down the Mozilla Store to ensure that no additional users could be compromised."

Mozilla went on to say that it "immediately reached out to GatewayCDI and encouraged them to quickly inform individuals whose data had been compromised," which seems to indicate it was Mozilla who first discovered the breach.

It's unclear exactly what information was compromised and how many recent shoppers might have been affected, but those who are will be contacted directly by GatwewayCDI, Mozilla says.

The Mozilla Store sells promotional items, including logo'd t-shirts, backpacks, coffee mugs, mouse pads, and more. Shoppers can also pick up the Firefox browser on CD at the e-store.

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