Robert Westervelt reports for SearchSecurity.com on comments made by First Data's Chief Information Security Officer Phil Mellinger regarding the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) in which he calls for "an overhaul to eliminate subjectivity and ease restrictions to get more merchants to meet the standard."

In an article titled '13 indicted in NYC for $3 million credit card fraud", Samuel Maull of the Associated Press reports on a group of people indicted for credit card fraud perpetrated by paying restaurant staffers to skim credit card magnetic stripe details.

In an article titled 'Verified by Visa scheme confuses thousands of internet shoppers", Miles Brignall reports for the Guardian about the migration of many ecommerce sites to using Verified by Visa or MasterCard SecureCode - and the confusion that some consumers experience when asked to enroll in those services in the middle of their shopping experience.