Merchant Gateway Exploited
There was a large gateway processing hack a couple months ago that resulted in millions of numbers and other data being acquired by the cracker(s). The funny thing is that it was information they were not supposed to be keeping anyways. It could also have been from the ebay hack, or any number of others.. generally the repercusions of such activity will not be seen for quite a while after, since the information needs to be dispersed, sold, and eventually utilized.
Also, it could be as simple as someone from your local bar, most restaraunts and retails places have the full # printed on the merchant copy (which I find to be most fowl!).
There was a large gateway processing hack a couple months ago that resulted in millions of numbers and other data being acquired by the cracker(s). The funny thing is that it was information they were not supposed to be keeping anyways. It could also have been from the ebay hack, or any number of others.. generally the repercusions of such activity will not be seen for quite a while after, since the information needs to be dispersed, sold, and eventually utilized.
Also, it could be as simple as someone from your local bar, most restaraunts and retails places have the full # printed on the merchant copy (which I find to be most fowl!).
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