Hacker accessed 5 million US credit cards

"Technical details of how the attack was carried out are so far thin on the
ground amidst conflicting reports on the scale of the problem.", The
Register, http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/29362.html

The Toronto Star
Feb. 18, 2003. 12:41 AM

NEW YORK—More than five million Visa and MasterCard accounts throughout the
United States were accessed after the computer system at a third party
processor was hacked into, according to representatives for the card
associations.

Early signs suggest none of the data, which would include credit card
numbers, was used in a fraudulent way, according to the representatives.

They said they could not say when or how the breach took place because it
involved a third party processor used by merchants. The processor whom they
would not name is working with police.

Visa and MasterCard, associations of financial institutions that issue such
cards, said no customer would be liable for charges incurred as a result of
fraud.

A spokesman for Visa in Canada said no accounts there were affected. A
Canadian spokesperson for MasterCard could not be reached.

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