Gov't red-faced as card data leaks lead to thefts

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http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2987770

Korea JoongAng Daily
April 11, 2014

Fear of hacked personal information being used in financial fraud and 
leading to actual losses, which the financial authorities promised was 
unlikely to happen, has been realized.

As a result, public mistrust and frustration is growing over the 
assurances by the financial authorities.

Yesterday, the financial authorities issued a warning to the public after 
personal information of 200,000 credit card accounts was hacked via a 
point-of-sale card reader at a cafe in Mokpo, South Jeolla.

Information about 200,000 credit card accounts was leaked since January 
from that single cafe, and the hackers withdrew cash to 268 accounts 
before they were caught recently.

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