<p>It would be funny except I keep imagining the Russian mobster who was using my debit card number to fill up his SUV at Hess. It was $72, so I am guessing he wasn’t driving a Prius. Maybe he stocked up on Red Bull and lottery tickets on my dime. I wish they could get video surveilance of these jerks.</p>
<p>New Jersey doesn’t have self-serve gas, so the cc owner would have to interact with the station attendant. (who would put the card in the pump card reader). Hess stations are all company owned, so it might be worth a call to the corporate HQ in Woodbridge NJ to inquire if they have surveillance video. </p>
<p>And if you don’t know what garland is talking about re: toy trucks…here you go (still on S1’s Christmas list at 16):</p>
<p>[Hess</a> Toy Truck - Buy Online or Browse - HessToyTruck.com](<a href=“http://hesstoytruck.com/]Hess”>http://hesstoytruck.com/)</p>
<p>Reportedly 6 ongoing attacks at other merchants:</p>
<p>[url=<a href=“Exclusive: Cybercrime firm says uncovers six active attacks on U.S. merchants”>Exclusive: Cybercrime firm says uncovers six active attacks on U.S. merchants]Yahoo![/url</a>]</p>
<p>Those are nice toy trucks! Maybe my hacker bought some of those!</p>
<p>I was trying to buy linens today at a store in my same zip code. My card was declined. Of course there were about 6 people behind me in line. I had to use another card, and when I called my CC company, they said they had seen a “suspicious” charge at a certain store. Pretty quickly they lifted the fraud alert on my account, but that was embarrassing. Thanks, hackers. :mad:</p>
<p>Sigh. It begins.</p>
<p>I got the credit monitoring email (usually shop at Target at least once a month), and thought I’d check this thread to see if it was genuine. I replaced the credit card that was used at Target during 11/27 and 12/15. I have a Target credit card too, but didn’t use it that month. </p>
<p>I’m a little confused based on the emails that I read. Do people think the credit breach is from a wider period of time?</p>
<p>I don’t think that’s been broadcast on the news, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the time period is wider. I have heard that they also got personal information such as name and address from Target cards and online orders, so you should sign up for the free credit monitoring.</p>
<p>Annoyingdad,
I saw that article too. It says 6 other merchants but doesn’t say which, other than Needless Markup (Neiman Marcus). Have yo heard which other merchants were hit?</p>
<p>On our local news last night they said that Target was going to be putting the credit monitoring link on its website because people were thinking the e-mail was a scam. I am curious what the offer is. I shopped at Target during the period using two debit cards but have received no e-mail. As a matter of precaution I had both cards replaced.</p>
<p>I just received an email yesterday from USAA that they are sending me a new card. I check my account at least once a day so I know that there haven’t been any charges yet. It doesn’t seem like it is too threatening yet; I can use my old card for 20 days after the new one is sent but I plan to destroy it when the new one arrives.</p>
<p>I still use old fashioned checks for some bill paying (not at target). Those have a lot of my information printed right on them (name, address, phone number).</p>
<p>i haven’t shopped in target for quite awhile, but I do remember signing up for one of their ‘red dot’ (or whatever its called) discount cards when I was purchasing a lot of stuff for dorm move-in. </p>
<p>And I received the e-mail about the monitoring service.</p>
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<p>No, they haven’t been made public, the info has been turned over to the proper authorities for investigation. It’s not clear NM is one of the 6, I think that one has been stopped and made public.</p>
<p>The credit card companies need to step up their security either through better encryption or some new system. If not, retailers may stop using them and come up with other payment methods on their own. This kind of thing hurts the retailers more than their customers, in the end.</p>
<p>the cc companies need to switch over to the chip technology that Europe uses as those cc’s can’t be copied.</p>
<p>Can the European chip cc’s be used online?</p>
<p>Would anyone be upset if we started using thumbprint (fingerprint) scans for ID when using a credit card? Once upon a time I probably would have, but not any more, in the same way I thank any cashier who asks to see my ID when I use a credit card. It’s for my protection. Who gives a bleep if “big brother” would be able to track what I buy, they do it anyway!</p>
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<p>Data can be stored encrypted, encrypted over a network etc. but the story I linked to above says this malware can read the data when it’s processed in computer memory. That’s scary. I don’t think data can be encrypted at that point.</p>
<p>It doesn’t seem this is a credit card company problem, it’s the security of the merchants that let this malware get on their computer systems. </p>
<p>As far as preventing subsequent misuse of the stolen numbers, I don’t see how chips or fingerprint technology will prevent fraudulent online orders.</p>
<p>It may be that online ordering may be getting a lot more arduous. Fortunately for sellers and buyers, this is an after-holiday glitch that hopefully will soon get a good, thorough fix, but who knows? It is an opportunity for internet security folks to make some good $$$$ fixing the problems.</p>
<p>30 million cc info and 70 million personal info are stolen. Isn’t that just about everyone?</p>
<p>[Target</a> Data Breach Appears Broad, Sophisticated, Report Says - WSJ.com](<a href=“Target Data Breach Appears Broad, Sophisticated, Report Says - WSJ”>Target Data Breach Appears Broad, Sophisticated, Report Says - WSJ)</p>