Global Payments Inc. Acknowledges Breach

[security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>]

http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/global-payments-inc-acknowledges-breach-033012

March 30, 2012, 5:46PM
Global Payments Inc. Acknowledges Breach
by Christopher Brook

Following previous announcements from Visa and Mastercard, electronic 
credit card processor Global Payments Inc. acknowledged late Friday that 
its system was breached earlier this year.

Global Payments announced via press release that a portion of its 
processing system had been compromised in early March and that company 
credit card data .may have been accessed.. The release, issued by Amy 
Corn, the company.s Vice President of Marketing and Corporate 
Communications, claims Global Payments immediately contacted information 
security experts along with federal law enforcement to .minimize 
cardholder impact" and is continuing its investigation into the matter.

Visa and Mastercard issued statements earlier today that a breach at a 
third-party "entity" might have compromised account data and that they 
were also investigating.

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