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Newspapers Wrapped in Credit Card Data

Posted by Zonk on from the phish-wrap dept.

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."

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  1. The Boston Globe by Kesch · · Score: 5, Funny

    Subscribe for the articles, stay for your neighbor's credit card.

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  2. expensive subscription by pvt_medic · · Score: 5, Funny

    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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  3. Don't piss off a geek by overshoot · · Score: 4, Funny
    I wonder if the Globe is thinking, "We should never have gone after Peter Quinn. HOW did he do that?"

    The nice thing about being an honest guy like Quinn is that the crooks never believe you.

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  4. Sounds like Playboy by thaerin · · Score: 5, Funny

    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*

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  5. Oh the irony... by Soko · · Score: 5, Funny

    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. ^_^

    Soko

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  6. The industry is getting desperate... by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 5, Funny

    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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  7. Re:Heh. by SatanicPuppy · · Score: 4, Funny

    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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