March 31, 2007

Credit-Card Data Breaches Drive Security Solutions (Slashdot)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

4foot10 writes with a link to a CRN article about the booming business of PCI adoption. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) was worked out by credit card companies as a guideline for securing customer data. As a series of high-profile customer information leaks have occurred over the last year, the business is increasingly getting lucrative for those who can keep up. “As …

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Bank of America finds itself in illegal immigration debate with new credit card (The Standard-Times)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — When news broke that Bank of America Corp. was testing a new credit card available to customers who may be illegal immigrants, the reaction was predictably harsh.

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Lawmakers challenge executives over credit card fees (The Standard-Times)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers challenged credit card executives yesterday over rising late fees and other penalties and marketing practices they portrayed as predatory.

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Details Of Credit Card Breach Reveal Alarming Number (WGAL 8 Susquehanna Valley)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

LANCASTER, Pa. — More details are emerging about the theft of credit card information from one of the nation’s largest discount retailers. News of the breach was first made public in January. Now, the extent of the breach is being revealed.

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Hackers stole credit card numbers (FOX 13 Tampa Bay)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

TAMPA - Millions of shoppers who went looking for a bargain got ripped off instead. Hackers stole personal credit card information belonging to customers who shopped at Marshalls and TJ Maxx stores across the country, including Florida .

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Hackers steal 45 million credit card numbers from US retailer (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

Discount shoppers the world over were put on guard Friday after the retail group TJX disclosed that some 45.6 million credit and debit card numbers were stolen by hackers in 2005 and 2006.

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Firm: Breach Affected 45M Credit, Debit Cards (Local 6 Orlando)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

Parent company of T.J. Maxx says a recent computer breach involved more than 45 million credit and debit cards.

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Breach Affected 45M Credit, Debit Cards, Firm Says (WSB-TV 2 Atlanta)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

A recent computer breach at the parent company of T.J. Maxx involved tens of millions of credit and debit cards, the firm says.

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TJX says computer breach involved at least 45.7 million credit, debit cards (The Times of Northwest Indiana)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

BOSTON | Information from at least 45.7 million credit and debit cards was stolen by hackers who accessed TJX’s customer information in a security breach that the discount retailer disclosed more than two months ago.

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March 30, 2007

TJX Says 45.7 Million Credit-Card Numbers Were Stolen (Update3) (Bloomberg.com)

Credit Card Freak wrote this mid-morning:

March 29 (Bloomberg) — TJX Cos., the owner of T.J. Maxx and Marshalls discount stores, said computer hackers stole at least 45.7 million credit-card numbers, the biggest theft of such data.

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