Payments Dive

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The amendment to the FTC’s Safeguards Rule would require non-banking financial institutions to report when they discover information impacting at least 500 people has been accessed without authorization.

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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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VISTA InfoSec

OCTOBER 21, 2024

A Data Protection Officer (DPO) can be called as an ally for organizations that deals with large amount of Privacy related data in its core operation. Technical understanding of IT systems and data security measures to ensure appropriate technical controls are in place to safeguard sensitive data.

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PCI Security Standards

JULY 10, 2024

The PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) has long included requirements for external vulnerability scans conducted by PCI Approved Scanning Vendors (ASVs), and these requirements have also been included in prior versions of some Self-Assessment Questionnaires (SAQs). For PCI DSS v4.x, For PCI DSS v4.x,

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2018

The French Data Protection Authority said Thursday (Dec. 20) that it fined Uber $460,000 over its 2016 data breach that exposed the data on 57 million customers and drivers across the world. Uber paid hackers to hide the breach for about a year before it was disclosed. fined the ride-hailing company $490,760.

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Payments Dive

AUGUST 12, 2019

As criminal activity evolves, the challenge is on for companies to keep pace with the latest data breach threats. Download this infographic from TNS which looks at the challenges organizations are facing when developing and evolving their security plans.

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Payments Source

MARCH 13, 2018

They all disclosed a major data security breach, and they all remain in business despite what happened. As the names pile up — Equifax, Target, Home Depot, TJ Maxx, etc. there's one thing all of these brands have in common.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2019

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Investigations, executives from Equifax and Marriott were called out on their companies’ recent data breaches , while other witnesses helped describe the current landscape when it comes to online privacy and data security.

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Payments Source

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The Payment Card Industry data security standard applies to organizations of all sizes, but has often been seen as an intro to data security for small-business owners who know more about cooking burgers than securing data.

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Payments Source

JUNE 24, 2019

failed to fend off a lawsuit over a data breach that affected nearly 30 million users, one of several privacy snafus that have put the company under siege. Facebook Inc.

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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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Payments Source

MARCH 14, 2018

While there is a collective sense that data breaches are simply a side effect of our digital existence, there are real costs for the companies impacted. The ones that are hit the hardest are the ones that are least able to weather the fines, remediation costs and lost reputation.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2019

25), the DPC said it was again looking into the social media giant because of another breach notification it received from the company, according to a report from Reuters. The DPC has this week opened a new statutory inquiry into the latest data breach it received from Twitter on 8 January, 2019,” the Commission said on its website.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

in which Uber will pay $148 million to resolve allegations that it violated state laws pertaining to data breach reporting. In a press release , the two AGs said the settlement also covers charges that Uber violated reasonable data security laws with its 2016 breach of driver and customer information.

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The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Organisations’ attack surfaces are defined by the size and scope of their data environments. However, 74 per cent of respondents said their data security risk has now increased faster than the growth in the data they manage. Additionally, 46 per cent had not tested their processes or solutions in over 12 months. .

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2020

A breach of India’s SpiceJet, one of the country’s biggest independent airlines, exposed the data of more than a million passengers, per a report on Thursday (Jan. 30), citing a security researcher. The breach was supposedly discovered via white-hat or ethical hacking , the security researcher said.

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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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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. Let’s try this a different way, if only to make a vital point with insincerity. In a new PYMNTS discussion on Monday (Dec. Prevention Strategy.

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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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Payments Source

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Could the Macy's online data breach have been thwarted by SRC, a new security technology championed by the card brands?

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Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

“We are looking to a new era in data security, with increasingly complex and frequent digital threats targeting individuals and organizations of all sizes,” said Venket Naga, CEO of Serenity. It offers something that goes beyond encryption alone, empowering users to take control of their digital assets.”

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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.

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Payments Source

APRIL 4, 2019

System breaches similar to events at Equifax and Marriott could just as easily happen to credit unions, leading Mastercard and the credit union service organization, PSCU, to take protective measures.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2019

The activity reported arises from customers using the same usernames and passwords on multiple online accounts and those details being involved in a data breach on another platform, not on Deliveroo,” a Deliveroo spokesperson said. “As

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VISTA InfoSec

JULY 5, 2023

Data security has become an essential aspect of our lives and is more crucial than ever before. In the healthcare industry, organizations are entrusted with a plethora of sensitive information, including PHI, PII, and financial data. What is data security in healthcare? million between May 2020 and March 2021.

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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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Payments Source

JANUARY 14, 2018

takes effect, all involved in the handling of cardholder data must take definitive steps to review, implement and upgrade their multi-factor authentication strategies and implementation to assure compliance, writes Dirk Denayer, business solutions manager at VASCO Data Security.

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Payments Source

MAY 3, 2018

Data breaches have become routine, but the public reaction to these events is changing. Consumers are increasingly wary of sharing their information — just ask Mark Zuckerberg — and this trend raises the stakes for all financial institutions and merchants.

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VISTA InfoSec

APRIL 28, 2024

It is of utmost importance for banks to ensure the safety and security of the cardholders’ data. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance 4.0 In this blog, we will understand PCI DSS compliance 4.0 for banks, its requirements, and the role of PSI QSAs and PSI SAQs in this process.

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Payments Source

JULY 14, 2019

Almost two years after the Equifax breach led to a congressional uproar but minimal policy change, the protracted fight to enact data security and privacy reform has a new bogeyman.

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Payments Source

MAY 29, 2018

A direct correlation between the chip migration and rampant merchant data breaches is hard to prove. But experts say retailers' prioritization of EMV compliance contributed to other payment card security gaps, leading to the current high level of merchant data breaches.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2020

This is not the first time Twitter has been exposed to a data breach. In 2016, nearly 33 million Twitter users’ personal data was compromised and offered for sale on the dark web, LeakedSource.com, the subscription-based breach notification service, reported. It’s unclear how many businesses have been affected.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

Home Chef, the Chicago-based meal kit and food delivery company, announced a data breach after a hacker sold information on its 8 million customers on a dark web marketplace, according to Bleeping Computer. In response to a request for comment from PYMNTS, Home Chef sent a link to its Q&A page about the breach.

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Payments Dive

AUGUST 2, 2019

As consumers embrace mobile devices and IoT technology in growing numbers, organizations are finding themselves under pressure to address data security concerns related to these devices. Download this infographic from TNS which looks at the challenges that security professionals are facing.

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Payments Source

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Hotels and other hospitality businesses need to adopt new security technology methods such as biometrics to stay ahead of the crooks.

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Exact Payments

JULY 1, 2024

By Jeremy Smillie, VP of DevSecOps at Exact Payments In an era where data breaches are not just threats but realities, protecting Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is more crucial than ever. At Exact Payments, we understand the magnitude of the responsibility of handling such sensitive data.

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VISTA InfoSec

JANUARY 18, 2024

As a reminder, the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a comprehensive set of security requirements that all organizations handling cardholder data must adhere to. These requirements’ main objective is to safeguard sensitive cardholder information and mitigate data breaches.

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