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In the Citi

Published on June 10, 2011 By Mike Logan

Another day, another breach. Yesterday Citigroup was yet one more company that disclosed thieves had accessed private data: Statement From Citigroup, Inc.: During routine monitoring, we recently discovered unauthorized access to Citi’s Account Online. A limited number – roughly one percent – of Citi North America bankcard customers’ account information (such as name, account number [...]

Extra Credit

Published on April 29, 2011 By Mike Logan

In follow up to yesterday’s post about the Sony PlayStation Network outage due to cyber criminal activity, analysts are now estimating that the breach could cost credit card lenders upwards of $300 million. Analysts have previously estimated that the incident could cost Sony more than $1.5 billion, but this is the first time they have [...]