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Fraud on the Target Visa call center

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2008-02-08 15:32:45 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Visa customers Number Affected Unknown Target estimates that there were three (3) affected New Hampshire residents. It is assumed that the nationwide number is larger Types of Data Target Visa account information, including name, address, account number, social security number and telephone number Breach Description The Target Fraud...
 
Tags: call, target, call center employees, accounts, target visa accounts, call center, call center assistance, employees, target national bank
 
 
 
 
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Visa Services Northwest caught throwing info in dumpster

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2008-01-28 16:23:02 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Visa Services Northwest Victims Visa Services Northwest customers Number Affected Unknown Types of Data Name, Social Security number, credit card information, and other personal details Breach Description Sensitive personal information belonging to Visa Services Northwest customers was found on documents discarded in a dumpster located in...
 
Tags: sensitive personal information, personal information, information, visa services, confidential information, sensitive information, gillett, steve gillett, credit card information
 
 
 
 
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Visa and Mastercard warn of breach at "major retailer"

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2008-03-17 15:27:42 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Visa and MasterCard have contacted 60 to 70 banks in Massachusetts about a large data breach occurring at what the card companies characterized as a major retailer Reference URL Massachusetts Bankers Association press release CNN Money Report Credit The Massachusetts Bankers Association Response From the online sources cited above ...
 
Tags: breach, breach description, security breach, retail data breach, major retailer, retailer, data, major breach, data breach
 
 
 
 
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Montgomery Ward breached, no notification obligation?

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2008-06-27 23:45:03 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Visa and MasterCard Direct Marketing Services closely followed a set of guidelines, issued by Visa, on how to respond to a security breach Evan] This is sad. The Visa documentation regarding breach response is way too narrowly focused to be used as an organizational incident response. Every organization that creates, collects, uses, stores,...
 
Tags: card companies, companies, services, services closely, credit card companies, services retail properties, financial company citigroup, company, montgomery ward
 
 
 
 
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Technology Tales from Thailand: KBank Fraud Management

2008-08-20 07:16:51 by Tim Bass in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
...VISA debit card notification is real-time As the story goes, I should have been using my KBank card and account a few weeks ago and not myUS-based VISA debit dard. Why MyUS-based VISA debit card was cloned sometime on or before August 8th. I am really careful with this card, so Iwas surprised the magnetic strip was cloned at a POS merchant....
 
Tags: visa debit card, debit card, card, visa card, kbank, kbank card, transaction, transaction notification services, fraudulent transaction
 
 
 
 
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Geeks.com customer credit card data compromised

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2008-01-07 21:34:58 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Visa credit card information, may have been compromised In particular, it is possible that an unauthorized person may be in possession of your name, address, telephone number, email address, credit card number, expiration date, and card verification number Evan] Is the storage of the card verification number (or card-validation code) a...
 
Tags: credit, credit card, card, geeks, credit reports, report credit, breach description, breach, apparent breach
 
 
 
 
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KimsCrafts e-commerce breach affects 4,500

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2007-12-14 16:08:39 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Visa and Mastercard in assessing the data at risk, and Visa and Mastercard immediately notified your issuing bank so that protective measures could be taken As stated, the security concern was immediately contained, and KimsCrafts subsequently took all necessary steps to protect you While fraudulent use of you credit or debit card is...
 
Tags: kimscrafts, breach, e-commerce, credit file, credit, credit card data, kimscrafts e-commerce site, data, data security firm
 
 
 
 
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SQL injection compromises MLSgear.com customer information

2008-02-11 09:27:06 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
 
...Visa and MasterCard, our current understanding of this situation is that these third parties used SQL Injection attacks between January and August 2007, and may have obtained names, addresses, credit and debit card information, and MLSGear.com passwords, that had been stored on computer servers operated by a third party service provider Evan]...
 
Tags: information, sensitive personal information, personal information, mlsgear, sql, debit card information, report credit, credit, credit card fraud
 
 
 
 
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Is PCI compliance creating a false sense of security?

2008-03-28 09:44:50 by Burton Group in Security and Risk Management Strategies Blog
 
...Visa released statistics on merchant compliance with PCI. Visa reported that as of the end of 2007, 77% of large merchants were PCI compliant (compared with 12% in March 2006) and that 62% of midsize merchants were compliant (compared with 15% at the end of 2006). These two merchant categories represent approximately two-thirds of Visa's...
 
Tags: pci compliance, compliant, pci compliant merchant, pci, pci compliance statement, merchant, pci compliant, pci dss, pci compliance measures
 
 
 
 
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Is PCI compliance creating a false sense of security?

2008-03-28 09:44:50 by Burton Group in Security and Risk Management Strategies Blog
 
...Visa released statistics on merchant compliance with PCI. Visa reported that as of the end of 2007, 77% of large merchants were PCI compliant (compared with 12% in March 2006) and that 62% of midsize merchants were compliant (compared with 15% at the end of 2006). These two merchant categories represent approximately two-thirds of Visa's...
 
Tags: pci compliance, compliant, pci compliant merchant, pci, pci compliance statement, merchant, pci compliant, pci dss, pci compliance measures