Military Credit Union has accounts compromised

[Erica Absetz <erica () riskbasedsecurity com>]

With Ft. Campbell in the area, there is a sizable and active and
retired military population in the middle TN area. Many bank locally
but also may have retained dealings with military financial
institutions. If you have an account with Fort McClellan Credit Union
you should be aware of this email that was sent to members:

LETTER TO CREDIT UNION MEMBERS Debit Card Fraud

During March, 2013, several debit card accounts issued by financial
institutions in Calhoun County, Alabama and other nearby communities,
were compromised and unauthorized transactions made on these accounts.
Local and Federal Law Enforcement authorities are working on the many
cases that have been reported by credit union members and bank
customers whose accounts have been affected.

During some process yet to be determined by authorities, thiefs and
fraudsters were able to obtain account numbers for debit cards from
the different financial institutions that appears to have been used by
members and customers in a common environment or merchant location.
This unauthorized account information was then distributed to other
criminal elements on a wide spread basis, after which, the crooks
started making unauthorized transactions. The transactions, which were
made at merchants located in other states and possibly overseas, were
then posted on credit union members and bank customers accounts here
locally.

In order to stabilize the affected accounts and the amounts, the
Credit Union is attempting to contact all members whose Debit/ATM Card
Account has been compromised and arrange for blocking the accounts
and/or issuing new Cards.

Everyone is urged to check their accounts regularly and check your
statements immediately. And immediately report any unauthorized
transactions to the Credit Union and the Law Enforcement agency in
your jurisdiction.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, especially when
attempting to use the Debit Card and your account has been blocked due
to suspicious transactions and we have not been able to contact you.
The Credit Union processes are an attempt to protect your account as
well as Credit Union assets.

If you have an account with FMCU, head over to
Http://www.brandonjking.info to get access to some excellent identity
theft information and help.
_______________________________________________
Dataloss-discuss Mailing List (dataloss-discuss () datalossdb org)
Archived at http://seclists.org/dataloss/
Unsubscribe at http://datalossdb.org/mailing_list

Supporters:

Risk Based Security (http://www.riskbasedsecurity.com/)
Risk Based Security equips organizations with security intelligence, risk
management services and on-demand security solutions to establish
customized risk-based programs to address information security and
compliance challenges. 

Tenable Network Security (http://www.tenable.com/)
Tenable Network Security provides a suite of solutions which unify real-time
vulnerability, event and compliance monitoring into a single, role-based, interface
for administrators, auditors and risk managers to evaluate, communicate and
report needed information for effective decision making and systems management.