Large Credit Card Ring Busted with over a thousand fake cards

1,300 customers hit in Eugene Oregon Skimming Scam!

"We do know that approximately 1,300 (customers) may have been compromised or impacted by this theft ring," said Cherie Kistner with Oregon Community Credit Union

READ MORE: HERE

Citi announces millions taken in May hack

Citi announces that $2.7 million was stolen from about 3,400 accounts on the hack May 10

READ THE STORY: Millions Hacked

Credit Card Fraud increases 135% in Tennessee

Random fraud fact of the day: The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation released a recent report showing that credit card fraud has increased 135% over the last 10 years.

Read the report here: Ten Year Crime Trends

Is your Credit Card Terminal Safe?

In Ann Arbor Michigan recently a local bar was hacked into and numerous customers cards were compromised. According to police, the restaurants’ credit card processing computer was vulnerable to computer hackers allowing them to hack the system and gain access to all of the credit/debit card numbers that had been used at the location.

READ THE STORY HERE: Ann Arbor Hack

Great Story on Skimming

Below is a link to a great article we found about skimming: Check it out!

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Restaurant Owners Should Grab Onto Dine Fraud Free

A bar waitress in Detroit was arrested after using a skimming device to steal customers credit cards. When police arrested her she handed over the skimmer, admitted to her crime, and now faces up to 10 years in prison.

Read the Article: HERE

3 arrested after compromising over 4,800 debit/credit cards

"Thousands of victims had their bank accounts and credit cards breached by a band of fraudsters rigging debit card terminals to skim data, Durham police allege."

Read the whole story here

Michaels Craft Store Skimming Suspects photo's released

Pictures are released of some of the people using skimmed cards from the recent Michale's store scam.

Check out the story on MSNBC

Citibank announces they were wrong

Citibank announces that their estimate on the number of accounts compromised in the recent hack of their system was wrong. Their original estimate of 200,000 ended up being "360,083 credit accounts of North America customers in an attack last month, Citigroup said late Wednesday. That's about 80% more than first estimated."

READ THE LA TIMES ARTICLE

How would you feel?

Your card tucked away in your wallet while two guys are out spending $10,000.00 of your money. Tell us, how would that make you feel???

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This story comes from the border to the North

It is extremely interesting to see how credit/debit card skimming is evolving. Servers at restaurants and fake card readers on ATM's, both still occur daily. But now, you have people rigging the terminals at stores with fake pin pads that would transmit information wireless.In the following story, 4 were arrested for doing this. This kind of crime is what happened recently at the Michaels across the nation. The PIN Pads they purchased were already compromised.

THE STORY

Michaels Craft Store Skimming Hits NorthWest

The credit card skimming at Michaels Craft Stores across the nation is starting to pop up in the Pacific North West. As a national company we reported about this when it first started happening in the Chicago Area. Less than a month goes by and people in the Portland area are seeing their cards were compromised too, one man for lost $800.00 through an ATM transaction.

Read the article: Michaels Craft Store Skimming Hits NW

67% Of Companies Fail Credit Card Security Compliance

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard was created to help keep your credit cards safe from "cyber/hacking" theft. A recent study showed that 67% of companies that are supposed to be following the PCI guidelines are still not compliant. According to this report half of the major security professionals view the PCI as a burden and over half dont believe that it really helps improve security. From our stand point, maybe it is a burden, maybe its harder to implement the steps for security. Maybe there is a chance that the business security will still be compromised. But you have to think about it like anything else. Would you leave for a vacation and leave your house unlocked because it takes work to get your key out to lock the door? Contact Alpine and put the burden of PCI security on us. (877)217-0707

Romanian Gang Arrested for $1.5 Million in Skimming

ATM skimming made these Romanian Gangsters $1.5 Million over the last year. They went as far are replacing the keys you push your pin on with identical ones that would record your secret PIN. Make sure you double check the machine you are pulling cash out of!

READ THE STORY: HERE

Another story revealing how easy hacking can be for some

Yesterday news of the teen who hacked into the US Government Websites and Interpol, today, news of CiTi Bank being hacked compromising some 200,000 customers information. Again, if you think your POS system or credit card terminals are secure, you may want to have a professional like Alpine double check for you.

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How Secure is Your system?

18 year old arrested for hacking into US government websites and Interpol. When arrested they also found 130 fake credit cards. Boy was arrested in Greece. Stories like this go to show that if the Government and Interpol can be hacked into by an 18 year old, your credit card terminal or POS system really may not be as secure as you think?? Call today for assistance in making sure you system is up to par (877)217-0707

MSNBC STORY

Do you pay at the pump or go inside?

Alpine has started a campaign called Pump Fraud Free. Using the same device as used in the restaurant industry we have found a way to help eliminate fraud at the pump. If you find yourself outside paying at the pump, take a look at the article below. Then call us for more information (877)217-0707

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Alpine/Dine Fraud Free in the News Paper

Alpine Payment Systems and its Dine Fraud Free program have been recognized in the local news paper. With the recent recognition from the Portland Business Journal as being one of the top 100 fastest growing companies, word is starting to spread. Below is a link to the Business Brief's where Alpine is recognized. A full story by The Columbian is still to come.

Read the Brief: CLICK HERE

Data Breach- What should you do?

Here is a great article with steps on what to do after you are the victim of a Data Breach:

[READ HERE]

PH. D Student Skimming Restaurant Patrons Cards

The man in the story below is a University of Georgia Ph. D Honor student who was living a double life. He would have accomplices working at local restaurants skim credit cards, and then he would collect the skimmers, create new cards, and then go on spending sprees. On top of his spending, he made out with $145,000.00 in cash deposits to his bank. Dine Fraud Free would have prevented this.

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$18.00 quickly turns into $1,000.00+

Could you imagine spending $18.00 and finding out that you ended up spending $1,000.00 plus due to skimming? That is what happened to victims of the recent Michaels Craft Store Skimming case. Now a class action law-suit is being filed. This is a large retail store that spreads across the nation. How are you, a single mom and pop store looking to avoid this? Contact Alpine today for more information (877)217-0707

READ ABOUT THE VICTIMS