40 million credit cards exposed

Jack Puppy

Viewed by the numbers, it's the largest security breach made public in recent memory. An "unauthorized individual" infiltrated the computer network of a third-party payment processor and may have stolen up to 40 million credit card numbers, MasterCard International revealed Friday. All brands of credit cards were exposed in the attack; about 14 million of the 40 million accounts exposed were MasterCard accounts, the firm said.

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tom_dx

YA I KNOW THANK GOD I DON'T HAVE A CREDIT CARD ALTHOUGH I SOMETIMES USE SOMEONE ELSES, OF COURSE WITH THEIR PERMISSION :p IM PROUD TO BE A GMAIL;

John M Drescher

I am not at all worried about this or any other security breach like this at all because all of my credit cards have zero liability for this type of thing... John

Colin Angus Mackay

Your Caps Lock key appears to be broken.

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Matt Gullett

This type of thing is going to be a continuing issue as long as computer security remains in the dark ages, which is where we are now. Computers are fundamentally unable to secure data because of the meriad of ways they are accessible, types of programs that can run, automation, etc, and the weak methods that are put in place for securing data. I am not saying that encryption (at any level) is a bad thing, or that network security techniques should be ignored, but the core underlying issues are 1) human nature and 2) computer accesibility. Human nature is such that, without fail, someone will try and exploit others through whatever means they can. Computer hackers are just a new generation of thieves whose only claim to faim is that their techniques are so impersonal and indirect, many people ignore the fact that they are thieves. Becuase it is indirect, the companies/organizations being hacked are blamed for the crime, while the consumers largley ignore the actual hackers. Hackers themselves often claim to have good intentions (e.g. proving themselves, exposing flaws in systems, etc), but when you break into a computer system, you are commiting a crime. Computer accessibility is the other side of the coin. We build computers to be useable by humans, programmable, aceessible, etc. All this flexibility is intended to make computers powerful and useful machines, but a side effect is that the architecture of the systems themselves are insecure. As soon as a piece of data is transmitted that contains intact, important data, that information is accessible to more people than anyone would care to admit. Regardless of encryption, network security, etc, that information is there to be had. At some point in the chain, it is decrypted, often stored that way, and readily useable by humans. At some point consumers are going to demand signifigantly better security and privacy for their personal financial data. Expectations are too high right now for what is really possible. Even without credit cards, someone can steal my credit worthiness (identity theft) or access my bank account (check fraud / forgery), but these forms of crime are much more personal and more readily coped with by individuals. Cyber-crime where people become nothing more than #'s is hard for people to cope with or understand. There is little an individual can do to protect himself if the people and organizations trusted to process my financial records do a poor job of it. I do not claim to know how best to provide this level o

Paul Watson

Same here. They are all so maxed out nobody including myself can use them. :~ regards, Paul Watson South Africa PMW Photography Gary Wheeler wrote: It's people like you that keep me heading for my big debut on CNN...

Daniel Turini

If he had a credit card, maybe he could buy one. I see dead pixels Yes, even I am blogging now!

Nish Nishant

I don't have a credit card - so I can't even worry about something everyone else can worry about.

Vikram A Punathambekar

Now, now, aren't you glad about that? I don't have a credit card either :) Cheers, Vikram.

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dave2k

well i have 5 (determined not to get a loan) :eek:

dave2k

well i have 5 :eek:

tom_dx

MY BAD I DIDN'T KNOW MY CAPS KEY WAS ON, CRAP I GUESS UR WRITE!!!! SHIT!!! TIME TO RESTART COMP, SOMETIMES HAPPENS IF I LEAVE COMP ON FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME DUNNO THOUGH WHY IT HAPPENS!!! LOL THANKS!!! IM PROUD TO BE A GMAIL;