Well, it looks like there was yet another security breech, but luckily there were only a "limited number" of records at risk...
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I'm so relieved to know that this limited number is only [span style="font-weight: bold; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"]20 million[/span]! For a second there I thought it was a lot of people, but it's only 20 million. Whew!
Now, they make sure not to mention the the number of affected cardholders in the first article, but a little digging reveals the number in [a href="vny!://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070118.RTJX18/TPStory/Business"]this article[/a].
"The retailer declined to say exactly how many customers are affected. But sources close to Visa said the company notified banks and other issuers last week that approximately 20 million of its cards around the world may have been involved. Some in the financial industry estimate the number in Canada could be as high as two million. It's not clear how many customers of other credit card companies have been left vulnerable." ([a href="vny!://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070118.RTJX18/TPStory/Business"]Computer breach exposes TJX shoppers to fraud[/a])
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