60,000 Credit Cards Numbers Stolen Online

robl writes "140,000 credit card numbers were tested for validity yielding about 62,000 valid credit card numbers and $300,000 of fraudulent charges. A good quote: "There wasn't a system in place to say, 'you've generated 140,000 charges, that's more than your normal volume.'" As Schneier-heads would say, it's a brittle system -- when the security fails, it fails badly."

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[edrugtrader]

now i can finally afford some /. credits!

Passport

[javacowboy]

Time to sign up with Microsoft Passport. At least then, I'll know my credit card information will be safe :)