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The official Sesame Street online store, along with thousands of other retailers, has been targeted by a credit card-stealing hack. Card details were collected by a piece of malicious software, dubbed JavaScript Cookie. The code was found in shopping cart software built by Volusion, which has 20,000 small business customers. The issue was spotted by a security researcher while shopping for toys on the Sesame Street store. Volusion said that it had resolved the issue “within a few hours of notification” although its statement came a day after the revelations.”We are coordinating with authorities on this matter, and continue to enhance our systems that detect and prevent unauthorised access to user accounts,” it told the BBC.