02-12-2006, 11:05 AM
Quote:In what appears to be a widening incident, Bank of America, MasterCard and Visa all announced this week that they have been informed of a potential security breach at a U.S.-based retailer.
The companies refused to name the retailer involved, but at least one bank said that systems belonging to Wal-Mart Stores, the world's largest retailer, may be to blame.
However, it was unclear on Feb. 10 whether a breach at Wal-Mart was also behind reissues at the other financial institutions. A Wal-Mart spokesman said he was unaware of an information breach linked to Regions...
full article: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1925426,00.asp
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