Visa / MasterCard Security Breach
While details are few and far between right now, there has been a major security breach at an Atlanta based card processing firm named global payments. Some sources are pointing to a gang in NY city as the perpetrators.
The breach is said to have originated from an account with admin rights that was not properly secured; one can only speculate as to what that failure was.
As always, make sure to follow industry best practices. There are enough zero day vulnerabilities out there to keep IT security experts busy without having to worry about simple misconfigurations. One can only hope it wasn't something as simple as a weak password. Check your statements, folks. It is said that one aspect of this exploit involves the gang making fake cards for ATM withdrawals.
The breach is said to have originated from an account with admin rights that was not properly secured; one can only speculate as to what that failure was.
As always, make sure to follow industry best practices. There are enough zero day vulnerabilities out there to keep IT security experts busy without having to worry about simple misconfigurations. One can only hope it wasn't something as simple as a weak password. Check your statements, folks. It is said that one aspect of this exploit involves the gang making fake cards for ATM withdrawals.
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