Posted 14 years ago
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This is just a heads up for any of our members who use a mastercard.
I did some self-research on this through the Anonymous website, and found 5 links posted in the past hour to thousands of credit card numbers and credit card info located on pastebin and piratebay. The credit card numbers seem ligit and pass all tracing tests, pointing them out as mastercard numbers. Estimates from security experts are ranging in the millions of the number of possilbly compromised credit card accounts, and many people are canceling their accounts for protection.
More Info: http://www.google.com/search?q=yahoo+wi ... ce622ee640
Harrison, NY - After initial denials, it has been confirmed that thousands of MasterCard accounts may have been compromised.
Earlier today the MasterCard servers were taken down by a DDOS attack and replaced with a phishing scam for at least a few hours. All traffic to the servers, including payments made by cardholders, was routed to the perpetrators of the attack. A spokesperson from MasterCard said "We are doing everything in our power to remedy the situation. We are currently working on getting our servers back up, but have already taken down connection to the phishing servers. We can't know how many people were affected until we know how long the information was being stolen for, but anyone that has used their card today may have been affected."
It is not yet known whether these attacks are related to hacktivist group Anonymous' promise to attack all the companies who withdraw their support for WikiLeaks due to pressure from the government. As of the writing of this article the MasterCard website was still down.
I did some self-research on this through the Anonymous website, and found 5 links posted in the past hour to thousands of credit card numbers and credit card info located on pastebin and piratebay. The credit card numbers seem ligit and pass all tracing tests, pointing them out as mastercard numbers. Estimates from security experts are ranging in the millions of the number of possilbly compromised credit card accounts, and many people are canceling their accounts for protection.
More Info: http://www.google.com/search?q=yahoo+wi ... ce622ee640