Credit card details compromised

[RJB_666]

Just had a phone call from my bank saying they're cancelling my credit card and sending me a new one as the card number has been compromised. It doesn't look like anything has gone out that shouldn't have but i'll keep a further eye out on that. Now, what i wanted to know is that due to me only using my credit card in very few places it could be quite easy for the bank to find out where the card details were sold/compromised. Does anyone in the know have any idea what i could do to report or do anything to help? Or should i just leave it be?

[onedsla]

Contactless card?

http://www.channel4.com/news/fraud-fears-grow-over...

[BE57 TOY]

This happened to me but they wouldn't tell me.

[RJB_666]

It's not contactless. That's something i wouldn't trust yet.

Bit unfair that they won't say. Not sure if to get my fuel elsewhere because that's one of the only places i use the card. At least i know the decision to use a credit card for certain things have paid off.

[cuprabob]

I've had this in the past and in my case it was a local petrol station.

[mcflurry]

AFAIK the maximum a contactless card could be taken for is £150 (10 transactions at up to £15 each)
On the flipside my Citibank card was "done" for over £2000, which took them approx 2 months to fix...

[jmorgan]

I had one done and the bank security fella reckoned it was someone hacking/stealing the information from a retailer (probably on line) not me being unsafe, of course, he might have been talking cobblers.

[RJB_666]

I did see on the Internet somewhere that there were 10 million card numbers stolen that were found in New York. I was told that my card numbers were 'on a list' of compromised cards. Just hope when my statement comes through in the post nobody has been treating themselves on my behalf.

[gazchap]

Both Mastercard and Visa apparently had breaches of their security this week (although they say only US customers have been affected) so perhaps that's it?

[RJB_666]

I didn't see it saying US customers only. So perhaps I just need to be cautious using my usual petrol station.

[arguti]

.?Shell service station perhaps

[dreaddan]

Lots of card numbers have been nicked so it may have been due to that.

[Migsy]

RJB_666 said:

I did see on the Internet somewhere that there were 10 million card numbers stolen that were found in New York. I was told that my card numbers were 'on a list' of compromised cards. Just hope when my statement comes through in the post nobody has been treating themselves on my behalf.

Sounds similar to what I went through a couple of years ago - police informed Mastercard and Visa of all the card numbers stolen and the CC companies pro-actively contacted the customers to advise they wanted to close the card and issue a new one as a precaution. Also I had to advise if there were any unfamiliar transactions - there wasn't.

[sugerbear]

If issuers see multiple fraudulent transactions appearing they can look back and find the common point of compromise. Then they can then see what other cards were used at that terminal and either cancel the cards or apply a warning accordingly.

I know because I built the system for one of the big UK issuers.