<div dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nets-credit-cards-idUSKCN12Q12N">http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nets-credit-cards-idUSKCN12Q12N</a><br><span id="gmail-article-text"><span class="gmail-article-prime"><p>Danish payment
processor company Nets has advised local banks to block up to 100,000
credit cards on suspicion their security might have been compromised by
hackers, it said on Wednesday.</p></span><span id="gmail-midArticle_0"></span><p>Nets,
which was floated last month, said the breach was probably linked to
transactions with a single internet retailer based abroad.</p><span id="gmail-midArticle_1"></span><p>None
of the cards had been tampered with yet but might be in the near
future, it said, adding that credit card companies including Visa and
Mastercard had opened an investigation.</p><span id="gmail-midArticle_2"></span>
<span class="gmail-article-divide gmail-first-article-divide"></span><p>"By
replacing possibly compromised cards preemptively, banks and shops can
save an amount in the triple digit million (Danish crowns) range, which
they could suffer in losses from trades made with stolen credit card
information," Nets said. </p><span id="gmail-midArticle_3"></span>
<span class="gmail-article-divide gmail-second-article-divide"></span><p>Danish lender Jyske Bank said on Wednesday it was blocking and replacing 7,000 cards.</p></span><br>
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