found on the pentesters list;

["R. DuFresne" <dufresne () sysinfo com>]

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Seems relevant to recent discussions here;

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From: security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>
Date: Jun 3, 2009 7:54 PM
Subject: [Dataloss] Merrick Bank v. Savvis: Analysis of the Merrick
Bank Complaint
To: dataloss-discuss () datalossdb org, dataloss () datalossdb org


http://infoseccompliance.com/2009/06/03/merrick-bank-v-savvis-analysis-of-the-merrick-bank-complaint/

 Merrick Bank v. Savvis: Analysis of the Merrick Bank Complaint
 Posted on June 3rd, 2009 by David Navetta

 The Merrick Bank v. Savvis lawsuit has the potential to change the
 liabilty dynamic of the PCI regulatory system.  The Savvis case is one of
 the first known instances of a payment card security assessor being sued
 by a merchant bank ( the merchant bank is a third party relative to the
 Savvis-CardSystems relationship).    The Merrick Bank compliant alleges
 that it relied on Savvis certification of CardSystems  as Visa CISP
 compliant (this matter pre-dated the PCI standard), and that 
certification
 was false.  After CardSystems suffered a breach exposing up to 40 million
 payment card records, Merrick allegedly incurred $16 million in payments
 to the card brands (which was ultimately transferred to issuing banks who
 suffered losses arising out of the CardSystem breach).

 If Savvis is held liable (or even if this case makes it past motion to
 dismiss or a motion for summary judgment) it has the potential to
 significantly modify the relative risk of PCI qualified security
 assessors, and in turn modify the PCI regulatory scheme.  This post
 discusses the two theories of liability alleged by Merrick:  (1)
 negligence; and (2) negligent misrepresentation.

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Thanks,

Ron DuFresne
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