Class Action

RBS WorldPay Data Breach Investigation

By classlawblog

Finkelstein Thompson LLP is investigating a security and privacy breach at RBS WorldPay, Inc. (?RBS?). On December 23, 2008, RBS announced that its computer system containing sensitive personal information belonging to pre-paid cardholders including payroll and open-loop gift cardholders had been ?improperly accessed by an unauthorized party.? Approximately 1.5 million cardholders have been compromised. Compromised information includes names, addresses, telephone numbers, card account numbers, PINs, and financial account information. Approximately 1.1 million cardholders Social Security numbers are at risk. Fraudulent transactions have occurred on approximately 100 payroll cards.

RBS is a provider of electronic payment processing services including debit, electronic benefits transfer, checks, gift cards, e-commerce, customer loyalty cards, fleet cards, prepaid cards, credit cards and ATM processing and cash management services.

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Full post as published by ClassLawBlog.com on January 22, 2009 (boomark / email).