Data on 465,000 tax refund and benefits debit cardholders hacked
Card issuer JPMorgan discovered an intrusion on web servers used by the site www.ucard.chase.com.
Corporations pay employees and the government issues tax refunds, unemployment compensation and other benefits using the cards.
Hackers attacked the bank’s network in July, the bank discovered the incident in September, and the public found out in December. “Bank spokesman Michael Fusco said that since the breach was discovered, the bank has been trying to find out exactly which accounts were involved and what information may have been compromised. He declined to discuss how the attackers breached the bank's network,” Reuters reports.
