Data theft from the Global Payments company system; the consequence is that thousands of Visa and Mastercard credit card codes have been stolen.
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Trouble ahead for Global Payments, the company that every day primarily offers payment processing services via credit or debit cards: by its own admission, a few days ago thousands of codes were stolen codes belonging to Visa cards e Mastercard cards.
At the moment it is unclear exactly what happened and when the cyberattack on Global Payments’ system occurred, however the company has stated it is doing everything possible to remedy the situation.
The data theft reportedly involves about one and a half million Visa and Mastercard credit cards used by people residing in the United States. It therefore seems that the issue does not concern Italy or Europe in general.
Upon learning of the situation, the companies MasterCard e Visa promptly informed their credit or debit cardholders to make the incident known.
Until today, it has not been clear whether the breach of the system managed by Global Payments solely resulted in the theft of card numbers or if there are also incorrect charges on the cards.
What the company officially announced through a press release is that neither the names of the cardholders nor other data linking Visa or Mastercard accounts to individuals were stolen.
Moreover, it was specified that the extent of the damage is not believed to be very large; however, there was no detailed mention of the impact or exactly what happened: it honestly seems an attempt to downplay the magnitude of the cyberattack, in the absence of exact figures and circumstances.
Certainly the communication was released on Friday, so it is reasonable to think the data theft occurred at least the day before: little detail has been provided regarding the event’s date, although it is believed the incident took place during the last week of February.
According to reports from American sources, currently Visa, Mastercard and the banks have not found particular discrepancies between actual card usage and potential fraudulent charges, so for the moment the situation seems attributable to the “only” theft of credit card numbers. Not that the circumstance should be considered less serious.
Although such cyberattacks have not been reported in Europe, it remains important to frequently monitor your credit or debit card and, if necessary, contact your bank to report any anomalies.
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