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Skriven 2005-06-18 07:06:22 av Mike '/m' (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: 40 million credit card accounts compromised
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From: Mike '/m' <mike@barkto.com>



Seems CardSystems is in need of a .NET developer
http://www.cardsystems.com/careers/DevDotNet_0501.pdf

 /m



On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 18:38:01 -0400, "Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@hotmail.com> wrote:

>"It sounds like the Guinness Book of World Records here," said Richard Smith
>
>http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/17/business/17cnd-card.html?hp&ex=1119067200&en
=e14b93d0c4b1836d&ei=5094&partner=homepage
>
>MasterCard International reported late this afternoon that more than 40
>million credit card accounts of all brands, including 13.9 million
>MasterCards, may have been exposed to fraud through a security breach at a
>third-party payment processing company.
>
>MasterCard said in a statement that its analysts and law enforcement
>officials identified a security hole at CardSystems Solutions, a company
>based in Tucson, Ariz., that processes more than $15 billion in Visa,
>MasterCard, American Express, Discover, online debit and electronic transfer
>transactions a year for small to midsize merchants and financial
>institutions.
>
>An unauthorized person, MasterCard said, had been able to exploit this
>security vulnerability and gain access to CardSystems' network, exposing the
>credit card accounts of millions of customers.
>
>MasterCard said Social Security numbers, dates of birth and other sensitive
>information that might contribute to identity theft are not stored on its
>cards, although the credit card accounts accessed could be vulnerable to
>fraudulent charges.
>
>It was not immediately clear when the breach occurred, or if the individual
>or individuals who gained access to the data had been identified, but
>MasterCard executives said that CardSystems had already taken steps to
>improve the security of its system. "However," the company said in an
>announcement of the breach, "MasterCard is giving it a limited amount of
>time to demonstrate compliance with MasterCard security requirements."
>
>MasterCard said it was also notifying customer banks of specific card
>accounts that "may have been subject to compromise so they can take the
>appropriate measures to protect their cardholders."
>
>Representatives of the company were not immediately available for comment,
>but the breach represents one of the largest in a relentless string of
>security failures at financial institutions, data aggregators, media
>companies and other organizations that compile, store and transmit consumer
>data. The breaches have generated numerous state and federal bills aimed at
>curbing the persistent leaks and holding companies more responsible for
>their handling of consumer data.
>
>"Hardly a week goes by without startling new examples of breaches of
>sensitive personal data reminding us how important it is to pass a
>comprehensive identity theft prevention bill in Congress quickly," said
>Senator Charles Schumer, Democrat of New York. "Consumers' personal and
>financial data has become the gold of the 21st century and we need to
>protect it accordingly."
>

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