Credit card data scam could arise from Virgin Media leak

A credit card data scam can arise in many ways, and victims of the Virgin Media data leak that was discovered in early 2020 could fall victim to this kind of incident.

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How a credit card data scam could arise

There are many ways in which professional criminals could engage in a credit card data scam that could cause victims to lose thousands of pounds or suffer from their credit rating being affected. The first obvious one is if credit card information is exposed in a data breach then criminals could use these details to make purchases on behalf of the victim. However, this could also arise from simple contact information being exposed where criminals could then contact the victim and try to pass themselves off as a legitimate organisation.

This has happened in the wake of data breaches. After the 2015 TalkTalk cyberattack, a number of customers who were involved in the data breach reported that they had received calls from scammers claiming to be TalkTalk. Some fell victim to fraud because the scammers had personal information including legitimate account details for their TalkTalk account. As such, some victims genuinely thought that they were speaking to TalkTalk and, unfortunately, allowed the criminals access to computers and online bank accounts.

If you take this example, it could be simple for the scammers and criminals to contact victims to try to pass themselves off as a credit card company. They may ask victims to verify certain information, or ask them to go to a legitimate-looking copycat website. In fact, victims could be directed to copycat websites through phishing and scam emails. All that needs to happen is for the victim to provide legitimate credit card information and the criminals could then abuse this data to scam them and commit fraud.

How this could stem from the Virgin Media data leak

We often say that there is no such thing as a small and simple data breach where there is no risk at all to the victims. In the Virgin Media data leak, personal contact information was exposed and left exposed for a 10-month period, and during this time we know that at least one unknown third party accessed the exposed database.

If that person was a criminal, they could commit a credit card data scam by contacting victims and passing themselves off as a legitimate company, perhaps even Virgin Media themselves. Referring to how a credit card data scam could arise in the section above, you can then see how a victim of the Virgin Media data leak could be targeted in this way.

Are you still in time to claim now?

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