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AU: Visa confirms data tapes theft
From: d2d <d2d () attrition org>
Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 20:07:12 +0000 (UTC)
courtesy pogowasright.org http://www.thesheet.com/nl05_news_selected.php?act=2&stream=1&selkey=2309&hlc=2&hlw= Visa has confirmed that recent mass credit-card account cancellations at Westpac are related to a data tape theft in late May. But just which payment gateway or third party vendor lost the tapes remains a mystery. So too does the extent of the security breach and how many card accounts have been affected. Pauline Hayes, corporate relations manager at Visa International - Australia and New Zealand confirmed the data tape theft to eCommerce Report by email earlier this week. "In response to your question about the recent article about Westpac - as I outlined, an investigation into the theft of data tapes on May 25 is ongoing and therefore we cannot comment further on this matter." [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/direct.shtml
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