Tens of thousands of credit cards must be reissued following Ticketmaster breach

The Telegraph is reporting that tens of thousands of credit cards have had to be cancelled and reissued following the Ticketmaster card breach

…Customer data was stolen from the ticketing website by hackers earlier this year…

As a result, tens of thousands of Lloyds Banking Group customers will now have their credit cards blocked and replaced by new cards.

Affected customers are being notified by letter, with their existing card being blocked from Oct 15 and a replacement card being issued within five working days. This means customers may be without their credit card for up to a week…

..A Lloyds Banking Group spokesman said: “Lloyds Banking Group uses a range of approaches to protect customers from the risk of fraud, including reissuing cards on occasion. In all cases, we take all possible steps to minimise time without a card.”

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