Global Payments: Consumer data may also have been stolen

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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57452047-83/global-payments-consumer-data-may-also-have-been-stolen/

By Elinor Mills
CNET News
June 12, 2012

Credit card processor Global Payments said today that in the course of 
investigating the theft of 1.5 million credit card numbers, it has 
discovered that hackers may also have stolen consumer data from servers.

"Our ongoing investigation recently revealed potential unauthorized 
access to personal information collected from a subset of merchant 
applicants," the company said in a statement on its Web site.

"It is unclear whether the intruders looked at or took any personal 
information from the company's systems; however, the company will notify 
potentially-affected individuals in the coming days with helpful 
information and make available credit monitoring and identity protection 
insurance at no cost," the statement said. "The notifications are 
unrelated to cardholder data and pertain to individuals associated with 
a subset of the company's U.S. merchant applicants."

The company did not say in its statement exactly what type of consumer 
information may have been exposed or how many people may have been 
affected. Spokeswoman Amy Corn told CNET that she could not say anything 
beyond what is in the statement, but she said a transcript of a 
shareholder's conference call from earlier today will be on the company 
Web site sometime tomorrow.

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