Comments on: Global Payments hacked, 50,000 cardholders at risk http://www.slashgear.com/global-payments-hacked-50000-cardholders-at-risk-30220793/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Tue, 08 May 2012 18:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Chris Steele http://www.slashgear.com/global-payments-hacked-50000-cardholders-at-risk-30220793/#comment-198833 Chris Steele Sun, 01 Apr 2012 01:06:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220793#comment-198833 So much for PCI compliance…. are they getting a huge fine or is that just for us little guys?

]]> By: Chris Steele http://www.slashgear.com/global-payments-hacked-50000-cardholders-at-risk-30220793/#comment-198834 Chris Steele Sun, 01 Apr 2012 01:06:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220793#comment-198834 So much for PCI compliance…. are they getting a huge fine or is that just for us little guys?

]]> By: Hendrick http://www.slashgear.com/global-payments-hacked-50000-cardholders-at-risk-30220793/#comment-198792 Hendrick Sat, 31 Mar 2012 22:35:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220793#comment-198792 Visa and mastercard never said anything about the number of cards impacted. A blogger quoted “industry sources” and said up to 10 millions cards were stolen and he provided no independant verification.

Like most news items these days, the MSM just regurgitated what they read.

]]> By: Guest http://www.slashgear.com/global-payments-hacked-50000-cardholders-at-risk-30220793/#comment-198576 Guest Fri, 30 Mar 2012 22:16:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=220793#comment-198576 Technobuffalo quoted Visa and Mastercard saying 10 million may be affected, where did 50,000 come from?

“Ubiquitous credit card brands MasterCard and Visa warned today of a security breach that could potentially impact up to 10 million card holders.”

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