Card theft, scams, and black markets for personal IDs have been around since the advent of credit cards in the 1960s and '70s. The first large-scale credit card dump, however, is often attributed to the year 1984, when the New York Times reported that the password for a leading credit union, TRW, was stolen from a Sears store on the West Coast. That password unlocked the credit histories and personal information of many Sears customers that would subsequently be used to obtain their credit card numbers.
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Unfortunately, since credit card dumps involve security breaches of companies that you may shop at, having your card numbers stolen may be out of your hands. If you are aware of a breach, contact your credit card issuer immediately to put a freeze on your account and cancel & replace your cards.
Another, newer, innovation is the use of virtual credit card numbers. Many banks and card companies today allow you to generate a temporary credit card number online that can be used for online shopping. This number, however, would not be able to be used again for subsequent purchases.
The fact that all of the records were put up for sale at once is unusual, according to Ilya Sachkov, CEO and founder of Group-IB. Typically, card data dumps are rationed out to avoid attracting notice from white-hats. The decision to provide the data trove en masse indicates that the purveyors are looking to monetize the cards quickly, before consumers report them as compromised and banks start canceling them.
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