Wednesday, December 24, 2008

RBS WorldPay Data Breach Hits 1.5 Million

Richard Adhikari writes on internetnews.com:

A hacker got into the computer systems of electronic payment processing services provider RBS WorldPay, compromising more than a million customers' records.

Formerly known as RBS Lynk, RBS WorldPay, which claims it has more than 20 years in the business, is the U.S. payment processing arm of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group.

Personal and financial account information of about 1.5 million cardholders and other individuals, and the social security numbers (SSNs) of 1.1 million people, may have been accessed by the hacker, RBS WorldPay said in a statement announcing the break-in on Wednesday.

RBS WorldPay describes the break-in as a highly sophisticated cyber intrusion on its Website. It notified law enforcement agencies and federal regulators after the break-in was discovered on November 10.

More here.

3 Comments:

At Fri Dec 26, 04:46:00 AM PST, Anonymous Anonymous said...

RBS WorldPay Data Breach - Potential Litigation
Practice:
Consumer Protection
Phase:
Investigation
Chimicles & Tikellis is investigating a possible class action lawsuit against RBS WorldPay due to a recent data breach where the personal and financial information of approximately 1.5 million cardholders and the social security numbers of 1.1 million people were compromised. RBS WorldPay, formerly known as RBS Lynk, is the U.S. payment processing arm of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group. A hacker allegedly gained access to the RBS WorldPay website. RBS WorldPay discovered the intrusion on November 10.
If you have had any direct or indirect dealings with RBS WorldPay, formerly RBS Lynk, and have been informed and/or discovered that your personal or financial information has been compromised as a result of the above intrusion, please contact the attorneys listed below.
Attorneys to Contact:
Joseph G. Sauder (JosephSauder@chimicles.com)
Benjamin F. Johns (BFJ@chimicles.com)
Matthew D. Schelkopf (MatthewSchelkopf@chimicles.com)
361 West Lancaster Avenue, Haverford, PA 19041 Phone: 610-642-8500

 
At Fri Dec 26, 05:16:00 AM PST, Anonymous Anonymous said...

RBS WorldPay Data Breach - Potential Litigation
Practice:
Consumer Protection
Phase:
Investigation
Chimicles & Tikellis is investigating a possible class action lawsuit against RBS WorldPay due to a recent data breach where the personal and financial information of approximately 1.5 million cardholders and the social security numbers of 1.1 million people were compromised. RBS WorldPay, formerly known as RBS Lynk, is the U.S. payment processing arm of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group. A hacker allegedly gained access to the RBS WorldPay website. RBS WorldPay discovered the intrusion on November 10.
If you have had any direct or indirect dealings with RBS WorldPay, formerly RBS Lynk, and have been informed and/or discovered that your personal or financial information has been compromised as a result of the above intrusion, please contact the attorneys listed below.
Attorneys to Contact:
Joseph G. Sauder (JosephSauder@chimicles.com)
Benjamin F. Johns (BFJ@chimicles.com)
Matthew D. Schelkopf (MatthewSchelkopf@chimicles.com)
361 West Lancaster Avenue, Haverford, PA 19041 Phone: 610-642-8500

 
At Sat Dec 27, 08:35:00 AM PST, Anonymous Anonymous said...

This looks exactly like what I believe is a scam. I got a similar notice from BNY Mellon in September saying they had lost a bunch of records and were offering a one year protection if you call and give them the code in the letter and then they want your SS number. I do not trust this at all. It is probably not illegal, but they want to scare us into calling and giving personal information. I am not going to respond to this.

 

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