Attention consumers!
Cancel your MasterCard accounts immediately! Your personal information and accounts are at risk!
Harrison, NY - After initial denials, it has been confirmed that thousands of MasterCard accounts may have been compromised.
Earlier today the MasterCard servers were taken down by a DDOS attack and replaced with a phishing scam for at least a few hours. All traffic to the servers, including payments made by cardholders, was routed to the perpetrators of the attack. A spokesperson from MasterCard said "We are doing everything in our power to remedy the situation. We are currently working on getting our servers back up, but have already taken down connection to the phishing servers. We can't know how many people were affected until we know how long the information was being stolen for, but anyone that has used their card today may have been affected."
It is not yet known whether these attacks are related to hacktivist group Anonymous' promise to attack all the companies who withdraw their support for WikiLeaks due to pressure from the government. As of the writing of this article the MasterCard website was still down.
oh no! i will have to call my bank to find out if my account has been compromised!
ReplyDeleteGlad I cancelled my mastercard last year :)
ReplyDeletedamn, that is messed up. calling now to cancel!
ReplyDeleteJust cancelled mine. I hope that I made it in time :(
ReplyDeleteI lost my money :(
ReplyDeleteI think security is so important these days especially. you can't afford to do business with a company that can't even be bothered to secure it's own customers private information. Shame on you Mastercard.
ReplyDeleteCancelled mine.
ReplyDeleteI urge everyone to do the same before it's TOO LATE!!
Heard that they are attacking visa next, hopefully they cannot get into their systems???
ReplyDeleteI knew it!! Would you believe that I called Mastercard and they told me everything was ALL RIGHT? More like YEAH RIGHT lol. I had some unauthorized charges on my account..... I canceled my card though.... I hope the attacks end soon. my brother uses Mastercard and he doesn't know about this yet..
ReplyDeleteshit, need to close my account now!
ReplyDeletesomebody should really let the consumerist know about this. I would but I don't believe in plastic, I only use cash.
ReplyDeletethe lies:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/mastercard-were-recovering-from-wikileaks-related-attacks/42529
the truth:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11935539
they just don't want people to know what really happened, it'd make them look bad.
Simply inexcusable. I just got a call from mastercard asking about a transaction for 4 TV's I didn't buy.
ReplyDeleteThere is also a facebook page for concerned Mastercard Users like myself, feel free to like and spread it since everyone should know about this vital threat!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Mastercard-Deemed-Unsafe/118530154880941?v=wall
Nooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!! :'(
ReplyDeleteMy room mate just came back from the grocery store where he couldn't pay since his card has been emptied. He only had about 90£, but it still sucks.
ReplyDelete500$ stolen from my Mastercard card last month.
ReplyDeleteMy mastercard does not work anymore :(
ReplyDeleteYa this bad I just canceled my card, I was using my card today I hope they didn't get me...
ReplyDeleteNO NO NO NO NO, this can't be happening right now, I'M NOT FINISHED BUYING CHRISTMAS GIFTS!
ReplyDeleteOMG my girlfriend just got a phonecall from the bank. her mastercard has been cloned and used in nigeria!!!
ReplyDeleteMy debit card has been suspended due to unusual activity and I can't get a hold of anyone on their customer service WTF!!!!
ReplyDeleteI am calling master card right now.
ReplyDeletethanks for the warning !!!
visa is down too!
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ReplyDeletethere is a mirror!
http://mastercardisnotsafe.wordpress.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/nomastercard
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ReplyDeleteThere is a mirror!
http://mastercardisnotsafe.wordpress.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/nomastercard
because mastercard deemed unsafe !
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I just canceled my MasterCard. If MasterCard is deemed unsafe, I don't want anything to do with it.
ReplyDeleteAnyone know how to get in touch with MasterCard? I can't find the 800 number help!!!
ReplyDeleteLuckily I didn't loose much money
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ReplyDeleteSure glad I cancelled mine a while ago a bunch of friends numbers were posted now there all cancelling but most of them already lost a bunch a money.
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