Ten million of credit card information suspected stolen in the U.SA,Mastercard and visa involved

According to xinhua mastercard and visa March 30, informing the hairpin business, under the credit card account information may be stolen, association in the United States a "third party" at the company.

 

Evaluation digital too high?

 

Credit card payment intermediaries American "global payment" confirmation, not the franchisor early march into the system and may steal some credit card account information, the company is scheduled for 2 days this event called investors conference call.

 

Mastercard, visa and "global payment" did not say how many account information stolen spread.

 

The Internet blog "clay booth security" first disclosure "global payment" information outflows to "massive" that leak range, is estimated at more than 10 million credit card account abysmal. Some industry analysts think this evaluation digital too high, presumably, thousands of account information was stolen.

According to Bernstein research company analysts Harold cloth Confucianism watts of saying, "global payment" just transfer intermediary service industry relatively small enterprise, there are about 800000 business customers, accounting for 3.5% of the market.

 

The real estate industry consultancy, alito research firm chief executive Michael XiMengSen said, he may be one of the victims. "The bank of America" customer contact his agent last week and told his account under investigation, but found no unauthorized transaction records, "this kind of matter very, very rare."

 

China and American crime syndicates?

 

According to xinhua agents and law enforcement agencies in to intervention in the event, and have hired a mastercard independent information security agency survey.

 

According to GaoDeNa consulting analyst ivy val DE, the news of the master, the system "into the point" survey points to a New York city taxi and parking management enterprise, ZuoAnZhe may be central American criminal gangs. "If everyone in the past few months by credit card paid the taxi fares, please confirm whether it is fake credit CARDS."

 

And jotham told AFP reporter, a personnel may get the New York company's management account privileges, from a central server steal the electronic information, steal the process last for months, and recently started using account information was found after the crime.

 

The blog "clay booth security" March 30, disclosure, "global payment" system in January 21 to 25 February,, more than a month by the time of the invasion.

His agency had not said whether it would have confirmed that have a credit card users for the incident had suffered losses. Many Banks and credit card service organization promised to won't let individual consumers to bear losses; The personage inside course of study says, eventually loss by sales business, hairpin party and "global payment" the check.

To convenience or safety?

 

Many industry members said, tightening credit card information authentication and use the contradiction between convenience. Mr Fathers horse advisory group department director Edward Lawrence said: "if (the authentication) system too strictly, no deal can be approved."

"Global payment" system into this year worldwide is by the first similar raids. Citibank group in June of last year admit, hacker filch the North America region about 200000 credit card information. SONY's last April bulletin, the global 77 million registered users may be stolen personal information.

 

These events promoting multinational government and industry body with individual account information security. The U.S. house of representatives business, manufacturing and trade group committee members to Mary bono called on congress to come this year more strict personal information safety regulations.

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