19,000 UK credit card details posted on the Net...and accessible on Google

[tomm2thumbs]

Source: Daily Mail UK

The credit card details of up to 19,000 British shoppers were published on the internet - where they could be found using a simple search on Google. The details apparently originated from the website of a criminal gang in the Far East.

The list, obtained by the Mail, includes the names, home addresses and full card details of thousands of Visa, Mastercard and American Express customers. Google's high-powered search engine inadvertently picked up the list during a 'crawl' of the web - allowing it to be seen and copied.



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1165447/19-000-UK-credit-card-details-posted-Net--accessible-Google.html

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Are we next?

I have had my Bank of America card re-issued due to a security breach.
Who knows what we 'don't know' happened behind the scenes.

[Robb]

1. My USAA card was re-issued recently as well

...due to an unspecified security breach.

[Sultana]

2. Damn

[SlicerDicer-]

4. Sue HPY! Look up the information

the rabbit hole goes so deep its scary...

I feel I need to go back to trading with stone

[Emillereid]

3. I found fraudulent charges on my statement even though our two cards were

still our wallets. The suspicion is that someone made a new card or cards by swiping a credit machine after we did and was somehow able to retrieve the information on the tape on the back of the card and put it on a blank. It may be time to go back to plain old cash and forget the airline points. Read your statement carefully!

[pinniped]

5. When some poor overseas IT guy has access to this vast wealth of data....

at his fingertips, no shit he's going to make side money by selling your shit to crooks.