PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2018

So far this year (and there’s still one more day), Verizon reported that there have been 2,216 confirmed data breaches across 65 countries. Even more disturbing, perhaps, is that 68 percent of those breaches took months for the breached companies to discover. According to early reports, the data breach impacted 0.5

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Payments Source

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

An invisible payment becomes a lot more visible when it’s compromised, making Marriott’s data breach a threat to one of the most important innovations in retail, which should scare everyone from Uber to Amazon.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2018

If the sure-thing principle can be believed, then last week’s Marriott breach of 500 million customer records won’t have much of an impact on the consumer’s decision to book a hotel room at a Marriott property for their next trip. In December of 2013, Target was breached. What’s Real and What’s Relevant. Until they did.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2019

Two consumer websites have settled with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over allegations that they did not secure consumers’ data, allowing hackers to breach both sites. This led to a security breach that compromised the data of approximately 2.1 million consumers, including around 500,000 U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2019

8) that his office, as well as 42 other state attorney generals, have settled with Neiman Marcus over a 2013 breach of customer payment card data at 77 of the retailer’s stores. Of the cards that were breached, at least 9,200 were used for fraudulent purposes, the Maryland AG said in the press release.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2018

After its point of sale (POS) systems were reportedly affected by malware designed to capture credit card information, RMH Franchise Holdings is warning that its Applebee’s restaurants in 15 states suffered a data breach. The company said all its 167 locations were impacted, Bank Info Security reported. “In

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Fi911

MAY 7, 2024

In certain circumstances, such as excessive chargebacks, data breaches, fraudulent activities, or violation of regulations, a merchant’s account may be terminated. Consequences of Being Added to the TMF The effects of being listed on the TMF are extensive and can severely compromise a business’s operations.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2019

In the wake of the Capital One data breach that exposed data tied to 100 million individuals in the United States comes a warning that there really are not any places to hide. Does the Capital One breach portend risks for banks on the Continent? No rest for banks amid the hackers.

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Payments Source

DECEMBER 21, 2018

The sheer number of users who trust large companies like Google with their personal data places a huge responsibility on these companies to proactively disclose any compromise of the data security as early as possible, writes Aman Khanna, vice president of products for ThumbSignIn.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2018

Another day, another (possible) data breach: Adidas revealed that it has come under attack from cybercriminals looking to steal personal information. The breach could potentially affect millions of customers, who were notified on Thursday (June 28) about the incident on the Adidas U.S.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Apple (FAMGA) are doubling down on data security. Owning this data puts FAMGA on the front lines in the fight against the theft and exploitation of our personally identifiable information (PII). Effective data security features are critical to securing this information.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2017

which owns a number of well-known restaurants nationwide, was identified by Google as possibly being the victim of a large credit card breach. When this message is displayed, it typically means that the site has been compromised in some way by scammers. Select Restaurants Inc.,

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The panel’s standards apply to all entities that accept credit or debit card payments and are intended to ensure that these organizations are working to reduce their risks of security breaches and to minimize the damage of attacks that slip through their defenses. Compliance Complexities.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2018

We must give credit to the criminals who engineered the recently disclosed data breach that could end up impacting some 500 million guests of Marriott International. Breach Aftermath. Sure, there is always some early stage indignation, some earnest proclamations to avoid compromised businesses. That is, indeed, sobering.

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Clearly Payments

MARCH 4, 2024

From large-scale data breaches to intricate schemes, fraudulent activities have left lasting marks on the financial landscape. Target Data Breach (2013) In the saga of payment processing fraud, few chapters loom as large as the Target data breach of 2013. Compromise of over 40 million credit card accounts.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2019

Clinical Pathology Laboratories (CPL) is the latest victim of a data security breach at the billing collections service American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA). CPL learned of the breach involving the AMCA payment website after being contacted by the company. million LabCorp customers were compromised.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

27) for the data breach in 2016 that impacted millions of users. Meanwhile, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) fined Uber $678,780. The fines stem from a data breach in 2016 in which the names, mobile phone numbers and email addresses of 57 million users around the globe were compromised. Of those, 2.7

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Of all the sensitive personal data consumers and businesses would rather not see compromised, financial data is surely toward the top of the list. Nearly one-quarter of those 42 percent said the data breach occurred in the last year, up from 19 percent in 2016.

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PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2017

and Puerto Rico had their payment card information compromised. Any person shopping at both Brooks Brothers and Brooks Brothers Outlet stores between April 4, 2016, through March 1, 2017, may have been impacted by this breach. Over the past 11 months, Brooks Brothers ’ customers at various brick-and-mortar locations in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2017

The latest report from the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) and CyberScout finds a worrying trend: 2016 was a record year for data breaches, with businesses emerging as the largest target for hackers by far. Health care entities and government agencies, too, are at risk for their data security.

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Payments Source

APRIL 27, 2016

EMV chip card protections at the point of sale and a general corporate awareness of card data security are helping lower the number of data compromises worldwide. But fraudsters are moving quickly to bigger targets.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2018

Retailer Hudson’s Bay has disclosed that customers at Saks and Lord & Taylor stores in North America have had their payment cards compromised. The breach, which is believed to involve 5 million cards, would be one of the largest involving payment cards over the past year. A company spokeswoman declined to comment further.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2018

mobile phone and electronics retailer, disclosed on Tuesday (July 31) an update on a data breach in which it found unauthorized access in the past to some of its data. What’s more, it said there is no evidence there was any fraud as a result of the data breach. Dixons Carphone, the U.K. Fortunately, 5.8

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2018

Like breaches , for example. Thursday was the same day the company said that more individuals in the United States were hit by last year’s data breach than had been initially estimated. That’s a lot of compromised data, of course. The latest tally comes to 147.9 million, up 2.4 Revenues were $838.5

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2020

All four of Greece’s main banking institutions enacted security protocols after a data breach, and consequently cancelled 15,000 consumer cards, according to reports. A key source of the inquiry is whether or not the tourist website follows the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS).

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VISTA InfoSec

JUNE 18, 2024

As cyber threats evolve, safeguarding your organization’s data has become an utmost priority. Whether you’re a small business owner, a corporate leader, or an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) specialist, the consequences of a data breach are severe and far-reaching.

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VISTA InfoSec

JANUARY 22, 2024

While the previous two requirements focused on network and access control, Requirement 3 tackles the crucial issue of securing sensitive cardholder information once it’s captured and stored. It boils down to minimizing the risk of data breaches and maximizing the security of cardholder information. PCI DSS v3.2.1

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

As its website has been hacked with code that steals shoppers’ payment information, Macy’s announced it has experienced a data breach. The website was compromised in early October, and a malicious script was added to the My Wallet and Checkout pages, Bleeping Computer reported.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Keeping enterprise data secure is one of the biggest challenges corporations now face. Corporations increased the number of times they mentioned cybersecurity on earnings calls nearly three-fold since 2014, according to CB Insights data. CB Insights put together a research series on the future of data security.

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Payments Source

APRIL 11, 2018

Even though a denial-of-service attack on an e-commerce site is not classified as a breach because data is usually not compromised, the 2018 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report claims it is a growing menace to merchants who rely solely on their websites.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2018

However, with so much sensitive information being transferred with each transaction, the need to keep the data secure has never been greater. In the new Smarter Payments Tracker , PYMNTS explores the latest efforts by banks and businesses to keep payments data secure from fraudsters, cybercriminals and other bad actors.

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EBizCharge

JULY 19, 2024

By understanding these pitfalls, businesses can take proactive steps to adopt more secure payment processing solutions. PCI compliance requires encryption for any transmission of cardholder data across open, public networks using strong cryptography, which regular PDF forms don’t support. 2. What is PCI compliance?

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

1, the first-class action lawsuit alleging data breaches under the CCPA was filed on Feb 5. The complaint accuses Salesforce of allowing the site to be infected with malware, which is the prime suspect for the data breach. The California law is more specific and more punitive for breaches.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

The fallout continues to grow, with reports noting its slew of nonprofit and corporate customers have now been exposed to security threats as a result of data stolen in the Blackbaud breach. Cybersecurity experts at Breach Clarity now peg the number of clients impacted at 136. Blackbaud's data breach isn't unique, per se.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Headlines are filled with reports of service outages and data breaches , and both banks and consumers are contending with rising fraud concerns as digital banking takes off. This means consumers also blame FIs when data breaches occur, regardless of the entity actually at fault.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2019

Organizations are ramping up cybersecurity investments in response to the ever-climbing threat of data breaches and cyberattacks. But all the money in the world to secure an organization’s back office won’t necessarily help safeguard all company data. million business email compromise scam.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Failing to prevent a data breach is a surefire way to lose that trust, however. Credit unions possess vast troves of personal information such as credit card data and Social Security numbers that could devastate members if leaked. Data Breaches Within And Without. CUs’ Tools To Secure Member Privacy .

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