Network Security and Privacy

DID YOU KNOW?

1. A stolen credit card number from restaurants is worth $30 on the black market.
2. The cost per breached record is between $90 and $305.  If just 5,000 cards were potentially compromised, that is $450,000 to $1,525,000 in costs.
3. Recently a restaurant had just 57 cards taken and the thieves charged $50,000 in just a few days. 

Find out more details by reading these articles.

Food and Beverage Indusrty a Target
http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/view/23746/food-and-beverage-industry-has-unsavory-history-of-data-breaches/

A Forrester report determined that the cost per breached record will be anywhere from $90 to $305.
http://www.braintreepaymentsolutions.com/blog/pci-compliance-and-the-cost-of-a-credit-card-breach

Feb. 2011 Arrests – McDonald’s Credit Cards – taken via skimmer – 57 cards = $50,000 just in charges alone
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2011/02/state_police_arrest_six_for_st.html

Shows how much a thief gets per card…they are highly motivated $30 per card
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/10/florida_skimming/