RBS WorldPay regains security approval after data breach

[security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>]

http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/05/22/236142/rbs-worldpay-regains-security-approval-after-data-breach.htm

RBS WorldPay regains security approval after data breach
Author: Warwick Ashford
Posted: 09:25 22 May 2009

RBS WorldPay, the US-based payment processing division of the Royal Bank 
of Scotland Group, says it has returned to Visa's and MasterCard's lists 
of validated service providers.

The announcement comes after RBS WorldPay was certified as compliant with 
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) version 1.2, 
according to US reports.

Visa removed both the Atlanta-based payment processor and Heartland 
Payment Systems from its list of PCI-DSS-compliant service providers after 
data breaches at both companies were revealed.

Heartland announced early this month that it was back on Visa's PCI 
compliance list, and said MasterCard had not taken any action against it 
over the breach.

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