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[Dataloss] Debit Card Fraud Tied to OfficeMax Breach (fwd)

From: Sharon Besser (sbessergmail.com)
Date: Thu Mar 09 2006 - 07:27:57 CST

We have seen similar case in Israel ~ 2 years ago. Someone managed to
get access to VISA cards information (including PIN numbers) by
stealing an on-line processing machine, which apparently, had offline
backup (....) Then he decrypted the data and build his own 'white
card'. AFAIK they never caught the person that was leading the gang.

Sharon

from

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1935677,00.asp

The fraudulent transactions involve cloned Visa debit cards and may be
linked to the theft of blocks of PINs from OfficeMax or an
intermediary processor, sources familiar with the case said.
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