http://business.bostonherald.com/technologyNews/view.bg?articleid=439 Visa cards violated: BofA is reissuing after hack attack By Jay Fitzgerald Friday, April 16, 2004 Holders of Fleet Visa business credit cards may be the latest victims of hackers who possibly got hold of sensitive card numbers via a merchant's computer system, officials acknowledged yesterday. Fleet Credit Card Services, now part of Bank of America [BAC: chart, news] Corp. after this month's takeover of FleetBoston Financial Corp. [FBF: chart, news] , is sending new cards to an unspecified number of customers because of a security breach at an unnamed merchant. .... snip .... old posting on security proportional to risk: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2001h.html#61 -- Internet trivia, 20th anv: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/rfcietff.htm
