RBS WorldPay Announces Compromise of Data Security
By Ed | December 29th, 2008 | Category: Pay Online | No Comments »
RBS WorldPay Announces Compromise of Data Security
In a press release titled “RBS WorldPay Announces Compromise of Data Security and Outlines Steps to Mitigate Risk“, RBS WorldPay (formerly RBS Lynk), the U.S. payment processing arm of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group, announced that its computer system had been improperly accessed by an unauthorized party in early November.
According to more information provided on the RBS Worldpay web site,
“the issue affected pre-paid cardholders and other individuals. Approximately 100 payroll cards have been used in a fraudulent manner and those cards have been de-activated. Our internal security professionals and outside experts are working with federal and state law enforcement authorities in an investigation of this event.”
RBS WorldPay is not mentioned in the Accepted Payments Policy for eBay UK (which means it’s not allowed),and we all know that eBay.com is effrectively PayPal-only since introduction of the Electronic Payments Policy. However, before the eBay spin-doctors begin crowing about this incident they should all puse to rember the name Vladuz.
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