Update: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/mastercard-tells-banks-possible-security-breach-154439326.html
Global Payments said it determined that an unauthorized entity had accessed its systems and possible customer card data in early March. Krebs on Security, a blog that first reported the incident on Friday, said accounts had been compromised for over a month, between January 21, 2012 and February 25, 2012. * * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > Not until one gets the notice from MasterCard/Visa, I would expect... > > * * > > *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of > Technology for the SMB market… > > * > > > > On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 3:14 PM, MMF <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Short of going online to check individual credit cards, is there any >> easier way for individuals to see if their cards are included??? >> >> MMF >> >> *From:* Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Friday, March 30, 2012 1:45 PM >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* Re: Check your CC cards if you are holding a Mastercard or >> Visa, major breach announced 10M+ in cards >> >> Waiting to see when they announce who the corporate victim was: >> >> http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/30/us-mastercard-breach-idUSBRE82T0VD20120330 >> >> >> There is quite a bit of speculation out there right now. >> >> >> >>> "From what I hear, the breach involves a taxi and parking garage company >>> in the New York City area, so if you’ve paid a NYC cab in the last few >>> months with your credit or debit card — be sure to check your card >>> statements for possible fraud," Litan said in her blog post on the >>> topic<http://blogs.gartner.com/avivah-litan/2012/03/30/new-credit-card-data-breach-revealed/> >>> . >> >> >> >> ** >> *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of >> Technology for the SMB market… >> >> * >> >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Ziots, Edward <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> >>> http://redtape.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/30/10940640-mastercard-visa-confirm-credit-card-data-theft-described-as-massive. >>> **** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> This is why I say Compliance doesn’t equal security… **** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> Check your accounts folks. **** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> Z**** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> Edward Ziots**** >>> >>> CISSP, Security +, Network +**** >>> >>> Security Engineer**** >>> >>> Lifespan Organization**** >>> >>> [email protected]**** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> >>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
