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Newspapers Wrapped in Credit Card Data
Buzzy's Roast Beef writes "The Boston Globe reports that bundles of newspapers in Worcester, MA were distributed wrapped in paper which contained subscriber credit card information for 240,000 customers. Those of you paying by check needn't worry; account and routing details for 1,100 customers paying by check were also given out like candy." From the article: "Larkin said the newspapers were first notified of the security breach on Monday by a clerk at a Cumberland Farms store. It took until late Monday for officials to confirm the data on the back of the paper were credit and debit card numbers. Senior management learned of the security breach yesterday morning, Larkin said. The company put out a news release late yesterday afternoon."
Subscribe for the articles, stay for your neighbor's credit card.
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and you wonder why newspapers have been struggling recently. The price one has to pay to have a subscription is just too much.
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The nice thing about being an honest guy like Quinn is that the crooks never believe you.
Lacking <sarcasm> tags,
Anyone up for doughnuts? a couple of my buddies from Boston are paying... Michael
I don't buy it for the pictures, I only read it for the occasional misprinting of hundreds of thousands of credit card information. *YOINK*
If big boobed women work at Hooters do one legged women work at IHOP?
Don't worry, we in Mass are sure this situation will end up fine now that Theo Epstein is back.
I clicked on the link in TFA, and got a page displaying an ad. 'For what?' you may ask.
The ad was for American Express. ^_^
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The newspapers will turn over the card numbers of subscribers who may have been affected to the companies upon request. As of last night, Mastercard and Visa have asked for the details. The newspapers are doing the same thing with banks of customers who may be affected.
They will only turn the numbers over upon *request* and only MC and Visa have requested it? WTF?!
Everyone knows the newspaper industry is struggling to compete with the Internet, but they're really reaching nowadays, emulating the net's security breaches as well..
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...when newspapers resort to creating news on a slow day.
I think they were trying to save some paper by recycling.. errr reusing papers.. heard of "Save paper, use both sides of toilet paper"?
Totally retahded! Who's up for a soda down at Friendly's?
It doesn't mean much now, it's built for the future.
I'll be sure to send you a postcard from my vacation in the Bahamas.. or should I say, *your* vacation in the Bahamas...
...the newspapers to be wrapped in fish. Different rules in bizarro world.
They say the first thing to go is your penis. Well, it's either that or your brain. I forget which...
I went to check that website out, and all I got was a load of names and numbers pop up on screen. Weird.
If you can't raise the salary...Your corporate management is a bunch of money grubbing assbandits who are out for nothing but lining their own pockets...
Woops. Typo. I meant to type "it's a complicated issue." The keys are all right next to each other.
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