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The Baltimore Sun has an interesting look at the recent Mastercard/Visa data breach (we tackled that topic here last week), including the scary realization that we may never know if the Global Payments breach leads to identity theft since most victims of identity theft have no idea how they became a victim. Read More
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emailHackers Breach Visa, Mastercard Processor; 50,000 Cards Compromised
Posted on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012 by Elaine Rigoli
Hackers have broken into an Atlanta-based payments processor, Global Payments, Inc, potentially accessing more than 50,000 Visa or Mastercard accounts between January 21 and February 25.
The extent of the breaches are still unknown, and Global Payments didn’t disclose what type of data had been accessed.
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What’s Scarier Than Ghosts, Goblins and Zombies? Visa and Mastercard
Posted on Monday, October 31st, 2011 by Kent Lawson
As you probably know, all the basic information about you (age, gender, location, income) have become commodities on the web – readily available to any company that wants to choose which ads to display to you – or anyone else who is just curious. But the quantity and level of detail which the credit card companies have about us represents a radically deeper threat to our privacy. This Halloween, I suggest you dress up your kids as Visa and MasterCard, then explain to your neighbors about the tricks that the credit card companies are planning. What are the tricks? Click the headline above to read more. Read More
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