vague: Major Credit Card Security Breach, Thousands Affected

[security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>]

http://www.nbc15online.com/news/local/story/Major-Credit-Card-Security-Breach-Thousands/hBfYI1LCx0qp5n2sCh_dgw.cspx

Major Credit Card Security Breach, Thousands Affected
Last Update: 6/11 7:19 pm

(MOBILE, Ala.) June 11 - A major credit card security breach is affecting 
thousands of people tonight. We have confirmed several credit card 
companies are canceling accounts and issuing new credit and check cards.

Credit card companies say they wanted to play it safe and cancel the cards 
right away before mystery hackers spent too much of other people's money.

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Pierce is not the only one seeing mystery charges. Officials with Visa say 
several credit card companies have had to cancel thousands of accounts and 
are issuing new cards, because of a hacker.

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A Visa representative told us: "For security, the bank does not disclose 
that information to its customers. They always are going  to refer you to 
Visa, but unfortunately at Visa we don't have access to anyone's 
information. It can only be accessed through the bank."

Officials with Bank of America, a Visa cardholder, would not talk either. 
The bank says letters are already in the mail en route to their affected 
customers.

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