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DEVELOPING: MasterCard is investigating a possible breach of cardholder account data involving a U.S.-based payment processor, the company said Friday.
"As a result, we have alerted payment card issuers regarding certain MasterCard accounts that are potentially at risk," the Purchase, N.Y., credit-card company said in a statement.
Law enforcement officials have been notified of the matter and an "independent data security organization" is conducting an ongoing forensic review.
The company is alerting card-issuing banks regarding "certain MasterCard accounts that are potentially at risk."
"MasterCard's own systems have not been compromised in any manner," the statement continued.
A MasterCard spokesman declined to say how many cards may have been compromised or how many banks it is notifying, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/03/30/visa-mastercard-warn-massive-security-breach-report-says/#ixzz1qc2KjTFB
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Well that sucks.
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All my stuff is Visa... am I safe? 
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HeartView posted:
All my stuff is Visa... am I safe?
thnkx for infor, passed on to Anon.
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Crap, I pay my Visa with my Mastercard.
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HeartView posted:
All my stuff is Visa... am I safe?
in this specific case, yes, in general NO
so there goes 100 million more subscriptions into credit monitoring agencies!
sucks that credit is so important but easy to screw up and HELL to fix!
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Here is another article that says it may affect ALL card issuers, not just MasterCard:
http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/03/massive-credit-card-breach-reportedly-hits-visa-mastercard.ars
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The downside of taking everything electronic. Everything gets passed through a few key systems (specially credit cards) and they are complex systems so security is always a big headache.
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Steelwind_Oo posted:
The downside of taking everything electronic. Everything gets passed through a few key systems (specially credit cards) and they are complex systems so security is always a big headache.
especially when you factor in human greed.
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10 million, not 100 million.
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Sith_Mauler posted:
Data from more than 100 million credit and debit cards stolen.
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A MasterCard spokesman declined to say how many cards may have been compromised or how many banks it is notifying, the Wall Street Journal reports.
HeartView posted:
Here is another article that says it may affect ALL card issuers, not just MasterCard
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KrebsonSecurity.com, citing unnamed sources, says as many as 10 million cards may be affected, while The Wall Street Journal, also citing unnamed people, identifies the compromised processor as Global Payments Inc.
This is why Developing stories is bad.
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anyone dumb enough to think when the national database of medical records is up and done that they will be any safer?
far more harm will come to you when your medical history is stolen and sold to employers and insurance companies than any CC charges for a few grand
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Kriegprojekt posted:
10 million, not 100 million.
I've also heard it was 10 million...
OMG I DONT KNOW WHO TO BELIEVE ANYMORE. GEEZ OBAMA.
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