http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=3785 By Tracy Kitten Managing Editor Bank Info Security June 24, 2011 In a new twist to the Michaels point-of-sale breach, a police department in Oregon is asking the public to help nab suspects believed to be involved in the card skimming scheme. Police in Beaverton, Ore., are investigating 50 fraud reports related to the breach, which Michaels has confirmed likely compromised debit accounts in 20 states. Now Beaverton police say they are enlisting the public's help to identify four suspects who were caught on camera using fake or white cards, created from card details skimmed at area Michaels stores, at Oregon ATMs. "The suspects involved in these fraudulent crimes are from a larger organization which allows multiple crews to work numerous areas and move around quickly," Beaverton officer Pam Yazzolino with the Beaverton Police Department told local news media. The breach, which at first was suspected of only affecting a select group of Chicagoans, quickly grew to become one of the most widespread incidents of POS PIN pad swapping the U.S. payments industry has ever seen. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/Received on Mon Jun 27 2011 - 00:40:22 PDT
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