In a statement made on April 1st, the Chairman and CEO of Global Payments, Paul R. Garcia, assured the public that no customer identifiable information was obtained when hackers stole an estimated 1.5 million credit cards from a vulnerable system. Given the date of the announcement it would have been appropriate if Mr. Garcia had been making a bad joke, but Ironically, on April Fools day, he was being completely serious. More »
Does Adding WiFi to Your Restaurant Scare You?
When most restaurateurs consider adding WiFi to their business, they get a cold shiver to run up their spine. If history has taught us anything, it is that businesses, especially retail outfits, have been compromised through their wireless networks. If fact, many people first heard about of PCI after the massive TJX credit card breach that was announced in 2007 which reportedly originated from a compromised wireless network. What many people sometimes overlook is that wireless can also add to your security.
Google Hackers Are Working For You
There is a rash of credit card compromises sweeping the nation right now that involves the use of custom malware (malicious software), whose sole purpose is to steal credit cards. This crime wave is especially noticable in the hospitality industry with an alarmingly rapid increase in activty centered around the QSRs. When a restaurateur learns that they have been compromised, the same question is inevitably asked. “How did I get this malware?”