Visa Issues Cash-Register Flaw Warning

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

(interesting tie-in to the PIN issue - lyger)

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1939301,00.asp

The U.S. arm of credit and debit card giant Visa International has issued an 
alert for flaws in cash-register software made by Fujitsu Transaction Solutions 
that could put sensitive cardholder information at risk.

According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, the bug can cause the 
inadvertent storage of customer data?including secret PINs?within the 
point-of-sale software installed in retail locations.

The report said Visa USA sent the warning to "merchant acquirers" that process 
card transactions for some of the biggest names in retail and urged users to 
apply a software upgrade from Fujitsu to fix the flaw.

Officials from Visa USA and Fujitsu could not be reached for comment at press 
time but, according to the newspaper, the confidential alert was sent several 
days ago to raise awareness about the bug.

[...]

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1939301,00.asp

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