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the mother of all credit card data thefts
From: "william(at)elan.net" <william () elan net>
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 21:53:09 -0700 (PDT)
Get ready for even more scripkiddies stolen cc signups for ISP and other services.... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:17:27 -0400 From: David Farber <dave () farber net> To: Ip ip <ip () v2 listbox com> Subject: [IP] the mother of all credit card data thefts? Begin forwarded message: From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb () cs columbia edu> Date: June 17, 2005 6:38:57 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: the mother of all credit card data thefts? MasterCard reported that over 40,000,000 credit card numbers, less than half of which are MasterCards, may have been stolen. CardSystems Solutions, which processes transactions for merchants and banks, was infected with a script that that targeted certain kinds of transactions. That is, this wasn't the usual carelessness, it was a targeted attack by a sophisticated adversary. The MasterCard statement is at http://www.mastercardinternational.com/cgi-bin/newsroom.cgi?id=1038 . --Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as william () elan net To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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