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Chip and PIN credit cards are hitting Australian shores. Negar Salek, demystifies the emerging secure payment technology and its potential benefits. As the dust settles from one of the largest data breaches since TJX, few fresh details emerged one day after Hannaford Bros. supermarket chain revealed that intruders stole some 4.2 million credit and debit card numbers from its computer systems. Separate data sharing intitiatives should be more closely linked In spite of efforts to halt electronic fraud, the internet has remained a dangerous place to do business, according to a report from the European Commission. The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council has officially taken over control of a new data security standard from Visa. Hackers used sophisticated methods to evade detection and place malware on nearly 300 Hannaford Bros. store servers to intercept payment information during the credit card transaction process, the grocery chain told Massachusetts authorities. New research shows that firms must display security measures more clearly on their sites TJX and three bankers groups have settled a lawsuit over costs related to the discount retailer's record data breach that may have exposed as many as 94 million accounts, the parties announced Tuesday. The body charged with managing and promoting the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) announced today it will soon administer another set of merchant guidelines involving secure payment systems.
The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard is unique compared to other security standards, as PCI provides strong guidance as to how merchants can actually comply with its requirements. Monday marks the unofficial start to the online holiday shopping season, and while experts are predicting record-breaking internet sales this year, security researchers are warning that criminals will be prowling cyberspace more than ever before. Embattled retailer TJX Companies - the parent of TJ Maxx, Marshalls and other well-known outlets - has agreed to a nearly US$41 million settlement with Visa. Visa has doled out some US$880,000 in fines to a Cincinnati-based acquiring bank that retail chain TJX contracted with to process most of its credit card transactions. The world's largest retail lobby today announced a plan that might free merchants from some of the most complex requirements of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) standard. More and more businesses are moving towards offering their products and services in an Internet-based environment and consumers will typically use a credit or debit card for e-commerce transactions. SafeNet has launched a hardware security module product that encrypts online transaction and card-holder data. Companies are storing credit-card verification codes and data contained on the magnetic strip even though both practices are banned by the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), according to a new study. The new scoring system promises to make it easier for security managers and the IT industry to better measure the real-world risks associated with software flaws. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, with strong urging from a lobbying alliance, has vetoed a stringent data protection bill that would have made merchants, not banks, responsible for reissuing credit cards and alerting customers following a breach.
TJX's profits are starting to crumble under the weight of the massive data breach announced in January that placed about 45.7 million customers at risk for identity theft, according to a filing this week with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.