Breach Exposes 19,000 Active US, UK Credit Cards

pnorth writes "A defunct payment gateway has exposed as many as 19,000 credit card numbers of US and UK consumers in a major worldwide breach. The data, held in Google cache, includes credit card numbers, CVVs, expiry dates, names and addresses. The credit card numbers are for accounts held with Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Solo, Switch, Delta and Maestro/Cirrus. Within the address bars of the cached pages are URLs of e-commerce sites that have become victims of the breach. They include clothing, science, health, sports and photo imaging stores. The cause appears to be a known issue with the Google search engine, in which the pages of defunct web sites containing sensitive directories remain cached and available to anyone."

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Re:Can some American please explain to me...

[Tx]

In the UK at least, your transactions are guaranteed by the credit card company. So it's often actually recommended that you purchase things online with a credit card, because if you get ripped off, the goods are defective, or the merchant goes bankrupt etc, the card company has to refund you. This is enshrined in law under the Consumer Credit Act. On the other hand, if you pay with a debit card or other direct payment, your money is gone.