Whew, what a day!! Our bank was informed today by MasterCard that a fairly large number of our customer's debit cards were compromised. Apparently, someone out there was able to launch some sort of virus into one of their vendor's systems, and it downloaded the debit card numbers to them. We have spent the entire day calling our customers who were affected and let them know that we had to shut down their cards. Most people were appreciative that we let them know.
I am amazed how many people almost exclusively use their debit cards instead of writing checks. They are great until something like this happens.
If you use your debit card a lot, be sure and check your account fairly frequently to make sure someone is not using your info to spend your money. At least look at your bank statement once a month!! Better yet, don't use the debit card for any on-line purchases. That seems to be the most common place where security gets breached.
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