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First of all, there is no confirmed credit card theft. Credit card information is held at a higher standard than generic personal information. PCI compliance re
by ansy 15y ago
First of all, there is no confirmed credit card theft. Credit card information is held at a higher standard than generic personal information. PCI compliance requires credit cards are encrypted and you are required to get regularly audited. By no means is it perfect, but it's about as good as it gets with securing data that's being thrown around constantly.
Second, Sony did tell credit card companies and they do know about this. I called mine and the operator was well aware of of the data leak. They have been monitoring all accounts from the beginning.
Third, while you can always get a new card number for free, credit card companies tend not to issue new cards automatically. I've had it happen to me once before where they gave me a new one without me asking.
tl;dr These authorized charges are likely coincidental; the CC companies are well aware of the situation.
- cube13 15y ago>Second, Sony did tell credit card companies and they do know about this. I called mine and the operator was well aware of of the data leak. They have been monitoring all accounts from the beginning. Did Sony know about this, or did they see a pattern of cards getting flagged that had PSN charges on them?
- ansy 15y agoI just meant the credit card companies are well aware of what happened and that credit card numbers might have been involved. They're monitoring accounts accordingly and didn't seem to think canceling was necessary. If the companies really believed the numbers were compromised they will send out new cards automatically. Like I said, it's happened to me before. I didn't have any suspicious activity or anything. But some company I did business with reported a credit card breach so my bank just sent everyone in the breach new cards with little letters telling them "you got owned, but no worries here's your new card."