[ITmedia News] GMO Payment's payment support system "acts by unauthorized users" 69 "V-Preca" leaks, 3 also include security codes

GMO Payment Gateway, a member of the GMO Group that handles payment processing services, announced on November 2nd that an ``act by an unauthorized user'' occurred on October 30th in its ``Issuing Support Service,'' which it provides to credit card companies, etc., and that 69 user information for Life Card's Visa-compatible prepaid card ``V-Preca'' was leaked.

In three of them, the "V-Preca number" (16 digits), which is equivalent to a credit card number, as well as the dedicated security code, expiration date, and name may have been stolen. LifeCard has not confirmed any unauthorized use in these three cases, and has processed the cancellation of membership as of October 31st.

The leaked information includes 63 sets of names, email addresses, phone numbers, and partial addresses, 3 sets of V-Preca numbers, V-Preca security codes, expiration dates, and names, and 3 parts of V-Preca numbers.

Life Card's V-Preca is a reloadable Visa prepaid card that can be used for online shopping without a credit card. GMO Payment's Issuing Support Service is a service that provides the functions necessary for card issuance and transaction processing using API.

This time, the damage caused by "acts by an unauthorized user" was an individual function provided by Life Card's V-Preca. The company explains that it operates on a different system platform from services for other customers, and that ``other customers will not be affected.''

Additionally, other services, including payment processing services, are operating on a different system platform, so there is no impact.

LifeCard will contact those eligible individually. Both companies have suspended some of the targeted services and are proceeding with countermeasures and safety checks. LifeCard plans to announce the resumption of service after completing safety checks.