2005 — Cardsystems Solutions Inc.: Over 40 million card accounts were exposed to…
Data compromised
Personal information
Technical writeup
Over 40 million card accounts
were exposed to potential fraud due to a security breach that occurred
at a third-party processor of payment card transactions. Of the more
than 40 million accounts exposed, information on 68,000 Mastercard
accounts, 100,000 Visa accounts and 30,000 accounts from other card
brands are known to have been exported by the hackers. The data exported
included names, card numbers and card securi
Root cause
Hacking