It has been reported that a database containing sensitive information of about 90,000 German Mastercard “Priceless Specials” loyalty program members shared online following a breach discovered on August 20 was added to data breach site Have I Been Pwned on September 1. MasterCard has notified German and Belgium regulators of a data breach affecting customers of its ‘Priceless Specials’ loyalty programme after discovering it on the 19 August. The Belgian Data Protection Authority stated that customer data from the loyalty programme had appeared on the internet for “a certain period of time”.
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