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Back side of the card contains CVV2 code, I'm pretty sure that it's not recorded on magnetic tape. Probably, in the original article should be mentioned that di
by sigsergv 13y ago
Back side of the card contains CVV2 code, I'm pretty sure that it's not recorded on magnetic tape. Probably, in the original article should be mentioned that difference.
- jon-wood 13y agoThe CVV2 is intentionally not stored on the card to make shopping online or over the phone with a skimmed card more difficult. If Target has the CVV2 included in this data dump they're in for a whole world of hurt from the credit card companies since storing that number for any longer than it takes to verify a transaction is utterly forbidden.
- unclebucknasty 13y agoI was thinking the same: why would they store the CVV2 data? Makes me wonder if they were keying it for verification and the fraudsters were somehow intercepting the traffic in real-time.
- pionar 13y agoThey would not be storing the CVV2, as they would not collect that at POS (and if someone does ask you for that when you swipe your card, be very suspicious). It's the CVV1 that they've stored, which is still utterly forbidden by the PCI standards.