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Re: credit card hack, 175,000 cards -> merchants


From: Michael Sinatra <michael () RANCID BERKELEY EDU>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:50:52 -0800

Right, so the number of compromised credit card accounts could be well
into the tens of millions, if not more.

michael

On 01/21/09 09:48, Theodore Pham wrote:
She meant the compromised payment processor handles 175,000 merchants
and 100 million payment card transactions per month.


Ted Pham
Information Security Office
Carnegie Mellon University

Theresa Semmens wrote:
Pretty serious stuff...

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/PersonalFinance/Story?id=6695611&page=2

I wonder if their PCI certification was revoked?  ;-)
Theresa Semmens, CISA
NDSU IT Security Officer
PO Box 6050
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND 58108
Phone: 701-231-5870
FAX: 701-231-8541
Theresa.Semmens () ndsu edu

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