Details Of Thousand Of Credit Card Users Published On Internet
September 6, 2009
In a recent and frightening breach of security the credit card details of thousand of British consumers were published online, where they could apparently be found with ease using just a quick search on Google. Around nineteen thousand credit card details are thought to have been made available on the Internet, in an incident that took place late last month. This is likely to add to the already significant concerns that many consumers harbour about becoming the victims on online credit card fraud.
It is thought that the credit card details came from a criminal gang in the Far East, and the list was recently obtained by a leading UK national newspaper. Full details were apparently found on the list, and this included the names, full credit card account details, and home address details of around nineteen thousand British cardholders. This included holders of Visa credit cards, MasterCard credit cards, and American Express credit cards.
The list could easily be found, accessed, and copied via the Internet according to industry officials. However, the payment clearance agency in the UK stated recently that many of the cards on the list had already expired, and many others had been stopped. Despite these reassurances, however, many consumers were still very worried that their home addresses and names had been published, putting them at increased risk of becoming victims of identity theft.
It was pointed out that many of those affected by the list had not been warned of the breach in security, and Nigel Evans, Conservative MP who is also chairman of the All Party Group on Identity Fraud, said: ‘This is hugely worrying. The credit card companies have a duty of care to inform all those involved that they are at risk of identity fraud.’
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