No letter here yet but will be looking for it.

I was concerned about my credit card info so I called Mid South and talked to Jerry Jordan about the security breech. He is what he said:
SQL Inject occured from Vietnam August 11 to 25 on primarily back orders (some orders that were commited to the dB every 3 minutes). Approximately 3/4 of a page of info was disclosed each injection, which was scripted. Rapid 7, who handled the TJ Max breech was employed and they found out the problem and plugged the holes. They continue to review all scripts/code.There has been no breech since August 25. I will continue to do business with Mid South, theysounded like theyare beingopen and honest about the breech and doing the right things to fix and prevent the problem in the future. Chap Gleason

That's probably about all they could possibly do. Even banks are getting hacked.

Well these days, what or who is not being hacked...

My credit card got hacked about a couple of months ago and the guyin the Phillipines got $440 out of the card through Western Union. The way it was done was one amount one day and the second amount 24hours and one minute later. The bank caught it and called me to see if I was using Western Union. The bank was Wells Fargo and they covered the loss. I now have another card number with them. You can call Western Union and have your name blocked so that no one can get money through them under your name. I never use them and found the block a good idea. I keep one account with only less than $900 in it just for online purchases. They tried for a much larger amount but the account was too small so they settled for two small withdrawals.

Got one of the virtual cards through PayPal yesterday. Looks like that may be the way to go fol ALL online transactions with the growing number of identity thieves using the internet.

Well I got my letter today and the number that may be in trouble is my new one that I got after the last episode. I guess I will have to check on the virtual card. This is the first time I heard about that being available. Not sure how it works but will have to find out. I do have a Paypal account so maybe that is where to check. I also have to check with my bank about my present card and will ask Wells Fargo if they do a virtual card.

I received the same letter the other day, but I did not take it seriously. I guess I better go back and look at it. The problem is I can not remember if I used PayPal or my credit card. If I used PayPal it will be on my PayPal history. Are you guy's saying that if I used PayPal then I will be OK?? Tom.

The PayPal virtual card generates a new mastercard number for each purchase, then deducts the amount from your PayPal account. Looked to me like a very secure system. It requires a download to install the virtual card account and once installed the virtual card window pops up whenever you check out asking if you want to use it to pay for the purchase. Also fills in all the information (name - address - etc.) for you.

The bank took one look at my letter and immediately cancelled my card and put me in for a new one. They considered it the same as a stolen card. I checked with both my banks, Wells Fargo and Chase and neither one does a virtual card. They had not even heard about such a thing. Apparently the Paypal card can be used for any online purchases so I will have to go check that out. I do have a paypal account so the setup should be easy.