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" National ATM Card Breach Affecting Triangle Cardholders POSTED: 6:41 pm EST March 9, 2006 UPDATED: 7:31 pm EST March 9, 2006 RALEIGH, N.C. -- Thousands of Triangle customers will be issued new debit cards after a data security breach involving a national retailer. And some of them didn't even realize they were victims of the breach until they went to use their debit cards and realized they didn't work. The breach apparently left Leslie Page with a $794 negative balance in her account. Page is the victim of a fraud scam that now stretches across the globe -- from North Carolina to California to Spain to Pakistan. “I had been out of town over the weekend, but not in Pakistan,” Page said. But someone was using her debit card number in Lahore, Pakistan, to withdraw money. All together, she lost about $900. Published reports say Visa USA customer account numbers and personal identification numbers were stolen from a major retailer, possibly OfficeMax. This week, Visa USA notified banks across the nation about the security lapse. The FBI and Secret Service are investigating the case. Visa said cardholders are not responsible for any fraudulent purchases made with their cards. They are fully protected by the company's zero-liability fraud protection policy."

http://www.wral.com/news/7859809/detail.html


Fuckers cancelled my RBC Centura card on Saturday with no warning, and from what I've found a few other banks have done the same. Apparently this isn't the usual security breach where they send you a letter and cancel your card a week later. Having your debit card declined and the ATM retain it is not a pleasant experience, especially if you don't have a backup money supply. Just a warning, because the banks are trying to keep this quiet and won't give you one.

3/9/2006 8:14:36 PM

yeah, i heard about that. Pretty serious stuff

3/9/2006 8:27:47 PM

That would suck so bad if you were out of town.

3/9/2006 8:29:04 PM

happened to mine today too

3/9/2006 8:34:31 PM

I had my card grinded in a ATM last year, it freaked me out. Lukily I had recieved a card the day before, for what I thought was for no reason. The card I had currently was only a couple of months old, so I thought it was out of place for me to get a new one.

3/9/2006 8:36:50 PM

I got a letter saying mine would be cancelled in a few days.

3/9/2006 8:38:04 PM

is this for all banks, or just a certain bank? i would guess all, but just was wondering

3/9/2006 8:50:53 PM

My RBC card got shut off too with no warning Saturday. I was at PF Changs taking my father in law to dinner and had no other way to pay for dinner-my parents in law had to pay for our dinner

3/9/2006 9:12:04 PM

^^ All banks, Visa and MasterCard. It was a problem with a payment processing company.

3/9/2006 9:26:09 PM

hmm how did i miss your thread...hmm guess i should try to use my card. surprisingly enough i dont think i've used it since last friday

thx for the warning

3/9/2006 10:06:12 PM

^ Something tells me you haven't tried to buy office supplies lately, so you are probably fine.

3/9/2006 10:07:07 PM

i'm really glad my card hasn't had problems.

3/10/2006 6:18:29 PM

I know everyone gets redundant calling them "ATM cards." Hell, I do it. But I I wish I could hold headline writers for WRAL to a higher standard.

[Edited on March 10, 2006 at 6:25 PM. Reason : was thinking ATM Machine That's what I get for trying to be cute after a 12 hour day]

3/10/2006 6:20:22 PM

i should go get gas real quick

3/10/2006 6:20:56 PM

^^ That isn't redundant.

PIN number is.


Got my new card in the mail today. It looks significantly uglier than my old one.

3/10/2006 6:22:11 PM

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"The breach apparently left Leslie Page with a $794 negative balance in her account. ... All together, she lost about $900."

she only had $100?

3/10/2006 6:27:24 PM

When is this supposed to "take effect"?

I used my card at the ATM last night with no problems.

3/10/2006 7:01:28 PM

I'm an RBC Centura customer, and I haven't had any issues.....


I used my card about 6-7 times last weekend, but haven't used it at all this week.



They said something about it possibly being from people who shopped at OfficeMax?

3/10/2006 7:10:01 PM

i shopped at Office Max a few months ago...

stupid flash drive i bought stopped working and i cant access some important files

3/11/2006 12:43:48 AM

do you fucks not watch the NEWS? They've been on this shit like white on rice for days.

3/11/2006 11:05:21 AM