MasterCard International Identifies Security Breach
PURCHASE, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 17, 2005–MasterCard International reported today that it is notifying its member financial institutions of a breach of payment card data, which potentially exposed more than 40 million cards of all brands to fraud, of which approximately 13.9 million are MasterCard-branded cards.
The rest of the release is blamesmanship and self-congratulation for finding the problem, etc. etc.
Via Wall St. Journal news alerts.
pointless but it jumped out at me
PURCHASE, NY!
i know how to get to the building they’re talking about.
Swell. *grumble.*