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Top Five Causes of Data Compromise

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the it's-the-data-stripe-stupid dept.

Steve writes, "In a key step to help businesses better understand and protect themselves against the risks of fraud, Visa USA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced the five leading causes of data breaches and offered specific prevention strategies. The report states that the most common cause of data compromise is a merchant's or a service provider's encoding of sensitive information on the card's magnetic stripe in violation of the PCI Data Security Standard. The other four are related to IT security, which can be improved simply by following common-sense guidelines." Here is the report on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce site (PDF).

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  1. Ballmer responce: by Volante3192 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Users! Users! Users!

    Wait, five reasons? Add a 'Users! Users!' to the end of that.

  2. Re:sheesh by AP2k · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe their data got compromised? D:

  3. Re:top 5 by neonprimetime · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't do it for the karma. I don't need the karma. I just want to feel loved. I wish you didn't post AC, cause we coulda talked some more.

  4. Re:top 5 by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 3, Funny
    I don't do it for the karma. I don't need the karma. I just want to feel loved.


    Well, you know we all love you. In fact, just the other day, I heard CmdrTaco and the new guy, kdawson, talking and they were saying "Gosh, I really love that neonprimetime. Yeah. neonprimetime is great, huh?"

    There. Feel better?

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  5. You mean: by postbigbang · · Score: 2, Funny

    https://youramazingbank.amalgamatedservices.com/7j 2jcd_30smdkdfor*usersget/gimmethefarkingsocialsand 4427snow.jsp??/

    Nah. Couldn't be.

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  6. Re:Chip & PIN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I agree. I actively spend all my cash so as not to provide anyone with a reward.

  7. Either that or minibar keys by Plutonite · · Score: 3, Funny

    Or something :)

  8. Re:Reasons? How about: by Beryllium+Sphere(tm) · · Score: 2, Funny

    I've read about some vulnerabilities involving theft of security tokens and untraceable access to your assets with this "cash" protocol.

  9. And I thought... by SpectralDesign · · Score: 4, Funny

    POS meant point-of-sale... guess I was mistaken.

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  10. PDF by Gnavpot · · Score: 2, Funny

    I miss one item in that list:
    "PDF documents with readable text under the black rectangles."