Tag: credit card theft

Michigan State University (MSU) Faces Credit Card Skimming Attack

August 13, 2020August 13, 2020

“An unauthorized party gained access to Michigan State University’s online store, shop.msu.edu, and placed malicious code to expose shoppers’ credit card numbers between Oct. 19, 2019 and June 26, 2020.” – MSU This week, Michigan State University confirms a credit card skimming attack that put over 2,600 customers at risk. With Big Ten football on hold, maybe it’s time to focus strength elsewhere, like the cyber security department. Michigan State University Before we dive into the attack, let’s establish some background on the victim of the attack, MSU. Michigan State is a university located in, yes you guessed it, the great state of Michigan. This university in… Read More

How to Protect Yourself While Shopping at the Store and Online

June 8, 2014November 21, 2019

In the last year, some of the biggest data breaches in history have occurred. The Target breach affected over 70 million customers who innocently made purchases at their retail stores. Following was the Ebay data breach, which also affected its large demographic of customers. Ebay and Paypal users typically have a debit/credit card or checking account associated with their username. Statistically, nearly HALF of adult Americans have been a victim of some type of fraud. A comment was recently made to me that it seems like these breaches are becoming less potent because they are happening every day. The fact that people feel they these breaches are less potent is… Read More