![]() "It sounds like the Guinness Book of World Records here," said Richard Smith, a leading computer privacy activist who runs a Web site called. The estimated 40 million credit cards exposed exceeds the population of California, the most populous US state. The FBI was also informed and launched an investigation that continues, Antle said.Īntle could not say, citing the ongoing investigation, if the breach was by a CardSystems' employee or by a possible computer hacker outside the company. MasterCard learned about the breach in late May and said it immediately notified its financial members so they could take measures to protect their cardholders. ![]() Social security numbers, dates of birth and the like are not stored on MasterCard cards, the company said. Antle said the data compromised in CardSystems' database was names, account numbers and card expiration dates, but not social security numbers and home addresses. ![]()
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