Security News > 2021 > December > PulseTV discloses potential compromise of 200,000 credit cards
U.S. online store PulseTV has disclosed a large-scale customer credit card compromise.
The platform found out about a potential breach from VISA on March 8, 2021, who informed them that unauthorized credit card transactions were taking place on the site.
After running some security checks and scanning for malware, PulseTV was unable to pinpoint any issues on its e-commerce website.
On November 18, 2021, the investigators "Learned that the website had been identified as a common point of purchase for a number of unauthorized credit card transactions for MasterCard."
This makes it unclear if a well-hidden skimmer was planted on the website or the cards were stolen from other merchants and only used on PulseTV for shopping.
Stolen payment cards are used to buy goods that are delivered to package mules and then sold to obtain cash.