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Credit card breach that hit Jimmy John’s is larger than originally thought

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Signature Systems says the breach of its point-of-sales system that hit 216 Jimmy John’s sandwich shops is actually 50 percent larger than originally thought.

The company said Friday that an additional 108 restaurants that use its payment terminals were also hit. The additional locations are independent restaurants not part of the Jimmy John’s chain.

The breach is thought to have begun on June 16 when someone began gaining access to the terminals through a user name and password that are normally used to remotely manage the devices. Companies like Signature Systems use remote management so they don’t have to send a technician to each store, saving time and money but also opening the devices up to just the sort of attack that happened.

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Payment card survey – where does your country sit on the fraud list?

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6,159 people were questioned by ACI Worldwide in 20 countries around the world, on a range of topics including incidents of fraud, risky behaviours which may put people at greater fraud risk, the issuing of replacement payment cards in response to data breaches, and satisfaction with banks’ security processes and handling of fraud incidents.
Naked Security – Sophos

P.F. Chang’s turns to vintage 1970s tech after credit card breach

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US restaurant chain P.F. Chang’s China Bistro plans to temporarily bring back manual credit card imprinting while it investigates a security breach that allowed hackers to steal customer payment card data from multiple stores.

The old-school manual system has already been spotted by people affiliated with Sans, a computer security training institute. Readers may remember the system from decades ago, when eight-track tapes and, later, Betamax video, were still the rage. P.F. Chang’s servers will be retaining carbon copies of the transactions, according to KrebsOnSecurity reporter Brian Krebs, who first reported the breach three days ago after finding that thousands of newly stolen credit and debit cards for sale in underground forums were all used at the chain.

“At P.F. Chang’s, the safety and security of our guests’ payment information is a top priority,” a statement posted on the chain’s website stated. “Therefore, we have moved to a manual credit card imprinting system for all P.F. Chang’s China Bistro branded restaurants located in the continental United States. This ensures our guests can still use their credit and debit cards safely in our restaurants as our investigation continues.”

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Ars Technica » Technology Lab

Craft store Michaels faces second credit card compromise in 3 years

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The largest craft supply store in North America, Michaels, has indicated it may be the latest retail company to have credit cards compromised in a large scale malware attack.
Naked Security – Sophos