Newspapers Wrapped in Credit Card Data 150
Buzzy's Roast Beef writes "The Boston Globe reports that bundles of newspapers in Worcester, MA were distributed wrapped in paper which contained subscriber credit card information for 240,000 customers. Those of you paying by check needn't worry; account and routing details for 1,100 customers paying by check were also given out like candy." From the article: "Larkin said the newspapers were first notified of the security breach on Monday by a clerk at a Cumberland Farms store. It took until late Monday for officials to confirm the data on the back of the paper were credit and debit card numbers. Senior management learned of the security breach yesterday morning, Larkin said. The company put out a news release late yesterday afternoon."
The Boston Globe (Score:5, Funny)
expensive subscription (Score:5, Funny)
Don't piss off a geek (Score:5, Funny)
The nice thing about being an honest guy like Quinn is that the crooks never believe you.
Anyone up for doughnuts? (Score:3, Funny)
Sounds like Playboy (Score:5, Funny)
No biggie (Score:2, Funny)
Oh the irony... (Score:5, Funny)
The ad was for American Express. ^_^
Soko
Upon Request?! (Score:4, Funny)
They will only turn the numbers over upon *request* and only MC and Visa have requested it? WTF?!
The industry is getting desperate... (Score:5, Funny)
It's really bad (Score:2, Funny)
Re:expensive subscription (Score:3, Funny)
Are you kidding? Do you know how much cheaper it would be to subscribe to these bird cage liners than it would be to purchase 240,000 credit/debit card accounts on the black market? The ROI seems pretty high to me!
save paper? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Upon Request?! (Score:2, Funny)
They already know which numbers were released.
Re:that's a wicked pissah! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I was on the list (Score:2, Funny)
Now that's odd. Would've expected... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Website to check if you've been exposed (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Heh. (Score:5, Funny)
Woops. Typo. I meant to type "it's a complicated issue." The keys are all right next to each other.
News Release (Score:4, Funny)