http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/hsbc-turkey-confirms-card-breach-a-7558
By Jeffrey Roman
Bank Info Security
November 12, 2014
HSBC Turkey confirms that a recent cyber-attack exposed payment card
information for 2.7 million customers.
The bank is a subsidiary of London-based HSBC Group, which has operations
worldwide in 74 countries and territories.
Information compromised in the breach includes debit and credit cardholder
names, account numbers and expiration dates. The bank says that, so far,
it has not seen any evidence of fraud or other suspicious activity arising
from the incident.
HSBC Turkey detected the attack in the past week through its internal
security controls, according to an FAQ. The attack was limited to Turkey,
and all card operations have been restored to normal functioning, the bank
says. No other details about the nature of the incident were revealed.
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