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Anthony Spadafora

1.7 million people hit in massive credit card data breach — what to do now

An open lock depicting a data breach.

Keeping your credit card details safe from hackers just got a whole lot more difficult following a new data breach at a payment gateway provider that affects almost 1.7 million people.

As reported by BleepingComputer, just like with other recent data breaches, your sensitive financial information could now be in the hands of hackers through no fault of your own. This is because hackers managed to gain access to the network of Slim CD which provides payment processing services for both online and offline merchants.

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