More Payment Processor PWNAGE

"Just weeks after Heartland Payment Systems Inc. disclosed what may be one of the largest breaches of payment card data thus far, news is emerging of what could be another major breach involving a payment processing company.

"The identity of the payment processor is still unclear, as is the number of credit and debit cards that were compromised in the breach. What is known is that attackers broke into systems at a U.S-based company and that the breach exposed the account numbers and expiration dates of payment cards used in so-called card-not-present transactions between last February and this January.

"The breach is the third affecting a payment processor to come to light since late last year, following the one that Heartland acknowledged last month and another that RBS WorldPay Inc. disclosed in December. The latest incident underscores concerns within the financial industry that attackers are increasingly targeting payment processors, which typically handle far more card data than individual retailers do."

Read more at ComputerWorld...