Science & Tech · Cybersecurity · 3 hrs ago
Data from 69 V-Preca users exposed through payment support system
GMO Payment Gateway said an unauthorized user accessed its support system for Life Card’s V-Preca prepaid cards on October 30.
V-Preca is a rechargeable Visa card that can be used for online shopping without a credit card.
The incident exposed information linked to 69 users, including names and contact details for 63 users.
For three users, the data may have included a card number, security code, expiry date and name; three other records contained part of a card number.
No unauthorized use was found for the three cards with full details, and Life Card closed those accounts on October 31.
GMO said its other customers and services were not affected, because they use separate systems.
Life Card will contact affected users, while the companies have paused part of the service and are checking its safety before deciding when to restart it.
GMO Payment Gateway said information linked to 69 users of LifeCard’s V-Preca prepaid Visa card was exposed through its issuing support service.
The incident involved activity by an unauthorized user on October 30.
For three users, a full V-Preca number, security code, expiry date and name may have been taken.
LifeCard said it had found no unauthorized use of those three cards and cancelled them on October 31.
The companies stopped part of the affected service while they investigate and check its safety.
- Who
- GMO Payment Gateway and LifeCard. The exposed information concerned 69 V-Preca users.
- What
- Information was exposed through an issuing support service after activity by an unauthorized user.
- When
- The incident occurred on October 30. GMO Payment Gateway announced it on November 2.
- Where
- In GMO Payment Gateway’s issuing support service for LifeCard’s V-Preca cards.
- Why
- The sources describe the cause as activity by an unauthorized user; further details are not stated.
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Unauthorized-user activity occurred in a function provided for LifeCard’s V-Preca cards.
LifeCard cancelled the three cards whose complete card details may have been taken.
GMO Payment Gateway announced the exposure of information linked to 69 users.
- Affected users
- 69 V-Preca users
- Personal information
- 63 records included names, email addresses, telephone numbers and partial addresses
- Full card details
- 3 records may have included a card number, security code, expiry date and name
- Partial card numbers
- 3 records included part of a V-Preca number
- Service response
- Part of the affected service was stopped for safety checks
What people are saying
There is no impact on other customers.