Software giant Oracle Corporation became the victim of a data breach last week when a Russian organized cybercrime group gained access to hundreds of their systems. According to security experts the group gained access through a customer support portal for companies that use the MICROS point-of-sale software from Oracle. The MICROS software payment system is […]
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Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants is investigating reports of a data breach at several of its properties. Kimpton operates 62 boutique hotels across the country and has begun to look into the scale of this hacking. Management has hired a computer security firm to find out if guest information or internal systems have been hacked. The
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Data security issues at Wendy’s have now been super-sized. Following whispers of a data breach in January, Wendy’s finally confirmed payment security issues in May, when spokesmen admitted fewer than 300 stores had been affected by malware. Now, the company admits the real number of compromised restaurants is over 1,000. Thieves installed malware on POS
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The transition to chip cards, or EMV (Europay, MasterCard and Visa chip technology) hasn’t been an easy one for merchants to adopt. In order to ensure that they are compliant with new rules, merchants have had to upgrade credit card processing systems in order to accept the new chip cards. Failure to do so leaves
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A jarring amount of 17.6 million people (7% of Americans) had at least one incident of identity theft in 2014, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Unfortunately some of that identity theft can come from third parties, including criminals accessing business accounts to get information about consumers. Nonprofits, small businesses and large corporate companies
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Around the world, 80 countries have added EMV chips to their credit cards. These chip cards are more secure than credit cards with only a magnetic strip and have helped to reduce credit card fraud in many places. As a result, these cards are now being introduced in the United States. Many retailers, however, are
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While plans are being initiated that will reduce credit card fraud, it appears the problem is going to get worse before it gets better. Credit card issuers are rushing to send new EMV enabled cards to their customers. These cards, also known as chip cards, contain technology that makes credit card theft much more difficult.
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Holiday Inn, Marriott Hotels Suspected Targets of Data Breach The Official Merchant Services Blog has breaking news regarding the ongoing series of credit card data breaches. One the heels of the major hack of discount retailer of Target that stole credit and debit card data from 40 million accounts right smack dab in the middle
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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.
Today The Official Merchant Services Blog reacquaints itself with a very important topic: Security. Specifically we’re jumping back into the discussion about PCI Security standards. Consumers are using plastic, especially online, at record rates. But security is still a major concern. Credit card fraud, phishing scams, clickjacking and identity theft are all on the rise
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