Fraudsters tampered with the point-of-sales devices at a number of locations to steal customers' debit and credit card information.
A new data-stealing trojan has turned up on the systems of one of Radware's customers, according to researchers at the network security firm.
A 28-year-old Estonian man, part of global crime ring that hijacked tens of millions of credit card numbers from retailers and payment processors over the course of four years, will spend the next seven years in prison.
Authorities charged California rapper Guerilla Black with purchasing some 30,000 credit card numbers and using them to buy merchandise.
Hackers breached a third-party's credit card processing system to retrieve students' credit card numbers that were used to make food and beverage purchases on campus.
The FBI monitored an underground credit card forum to net two dozen alleged cyber criminals, a takedown that authorities believe prevented $205 million in losses.
Sixteen members of a New York-based fake credit card racket, many of whom were family and friends, have pleaded guilty and received prison time.
April 02, 2012
Over the past few years, adoption of and compliance with PCI standards has made it more challenging for criminals to steal large volumes of credit card data.
Visa and MasterCard are investigating a major breach of credit card numbers at a payment processor, the size of which may exceed anything seen in at least three years.
A 33-year-old Maryland man on Friday was sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison for participating in an identity theft and credit card skimming scheme, according to the U.S. attorney's office in Alexandria, Va.
Seven Ontario residents have been charged for stealing in a massive ATM skimming operation.
The EMV standard, widely considered an effective way to curb counterfeit card fraud because it requires a microchip to be embedded in a credit or debit card or on a mobile device, is gradually picking up steam in the U.S.
Visa has issued best practices that detail how retailers, card issuers and processors can upgrade their credit card transaction technology to a chip-based model, so to avoid burdensome complexity, cost and time to market.
The organized structure of a huge identity theft operation, based in New York, allowed members to make millions in profits.
October 03, 2011
PCI rules have evolved to keep up with new technologies, and adoption rates are growing, says Visa's Eduardo Perez.
The personal information of tens of thousands of individuals is at risk after hackers broke into the credit card processing systems of Vacationland Vendors
A man who pleaded guilty to wire fraud and identity theft charges received a 14-year prison sentence.
Jonathan Oliveras, 26, of Brooklyn, N.Y., pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., to charges of aggravated identity theft and wire fraud.
Rogelio Hackett Jr., 25, of Lithonia, Ga., stole more than 675,000 stolen credit card numbers used to conduct fraudulent transactions totaling more than $36 million.
The PCI Security Standards Council on Tuesday released "PCI DSS Virtualization Guidelines" to update credit card payment security to the age of cloud computing.
A Georgia man has pleaded guilty after authorities found him in possession of more than 675,000 credit card numbers, some of which he obtained by hacking into business networks.
