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Global Data Breach: Update #3

For today’s installment of The Official Merchant Services Blog, we are bringing you the most recent developments of the now infamous Global Payments Data Breach. Back in March When we first reported the breach, it had supposedly affected 50,000 cardholders and revolved around a taxi and parking garage company in the New York City area. […]

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Global Data Breach Update

Today The Official Merchant Services Blog is updating its coverage of the Global Payments Data Breach. The current update revolves around the expansion the duration of the breach as well as the number of cards potentially affected. It has been a virtual roller coaster ride in terms of narrowing down a number for the cards that were compromised.

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Internet Security

Security is one of the defining internet issues of this decade.  While there is not one distinct body of law that governs a company’s rights and responsibilities, there are methods to prioritize compliance efforts.  This issue is relatively unique to the internet space since the laws and regulations that apply come from many different areas. 

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Data Breach Solutions

Today The Official Merchant Services Blog has a quick follow up to its ongoing coverage of the Global Payments Data Breach. The past two entries in our blog have taken a sweeping look at the big picture of data breaches and PCI DSS and how effective those security standards are. PCI Compliance is a topic

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