EXPECT TO READ ABOUT MORE LIKE THIS
Target, Specs, Ebay, Michaels, Neiman Marcus, J.C Penney, Sally Beauty, ATM card scalpers, PF Chang, and so many other announced security breaches where your Debit and Credit card information has been taken will continue to make headlines until someone re-invents the wheel.
PF Chang and their sister company "Pei Wei" are the latest to announce that your data may be in dangerous hands, and currently being bought, sold, and traded on the black market. It's so bad that PF Chang has gone back to manual card processing [ed. - remember the olden days? Cards were processed in mechanical machines which involved their copy, a carbon paper, and your copy].
The problem you face in this type of breach is that you have no control over another companies security, or lack of, and unless you start paying cash whenever you go out it's a little like being in Vegas, spinning the wheel and hoping you win.
What made Ebay's breach so onerous was their lack of response in telling it's customers about it via their website, and the length of time it took to alert users when logging into their account to "CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD". While this has been a several news stories, I've found [through a variety of conversations with customers] that most were not aware that Ebay had been hacked - and that's scary.
Stay scared. Stay very scared - it's YOUR life and YOUR money involved...
'Nuff Said,
Brian
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