Michaels Breach: 4 Suspects Sought

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=3785

By Tracy Kitten
Managing Editor
Bank Info Security
June 24, 2011

In a new twist to the Michaels point-of-sale breach, a police department 
in Oregon is asking the public to help nab suspects believed to be 
involved in the card skimming scheme.

Police in Beaverton, Ore., are investigating 50 fraud reports related to 
the breach, which Michaels has confirmed likely compromised debit 
accounts in 20 states.

Now Beaverton police say they are enlisting the public's help to 
identify four suspects who were caught on camera using fake or white 
cards, created from card details skimmed at area Michaels stores, at 
Oregon ATMs. "The suspects involved in these fraudulent crimes are from 
a larger organization which allows multiple crews to work numerous areas 
and move around quickly," Beaverton officer Pam Yazzolino with the 
Beaverton Police Department told local news media.

The breach, which at first was suspected of only affecting a select 
group of Chicagoans, quickly grew to become one of the most widespread 
incidents of POS PIN pad swapping the U.S. payments industry has ever 
seen.

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