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June 18, 2005
MasterCard Identifies Security Breach at CardSystems Solutions
[Payments News] Through the use of MasterCard fraud-fighting tools that proactively monitor for fraud, MasterCard was able to identify the processor that was breached. Working with all parties, including issuing banks, acquiring banks, the processor and law enforcement, MasterCard immediately launched an investigation into the breach, and worked with CardSystems to remediate the security vulnerabilities in the processor's systems.
Some slightly related from Technorati and Google.
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Posted at June 18, 2005 05:35 PM
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