Just in time for Christmas: Possible Data Breach at Visa

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via C|Net News.

[snip]

Visa USA acknowledged Saturday that a U.S. merchant "may have experienced a data security breach" that compromised 
credit card account information.

The statement came in response to a News.com inquiry related to customers whose Visa debit cards had been put on fraud 
watch or deactivated due to a security breach. The customers include a San Francisco Bay Area man whose Wells 
Fargo-issued card had been deactivated and a couple in Ohio whose card was placed on a watch.

In its statement issued Saturday, Visa said that after it learned "of the compromise, Visa quickly alerted the affected 
financial institutions to protect consumers through independent fraud monitoring and, if needed, reissuing cards."

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http://news.com.com/Visa+deals+with+possible+data+breach/2100-1029_3-6007759.html

Ho, Ho, Ho.

- ferg


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 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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