. >> there's been a security breach targeting mastercard and visa numbers. who is at risk and how can you protect your account? here's the answers. >> we rely on credit cards for the smallest purchases. >> i use my credit card for a coffee purchase, groceries. >> so when a blogger broke the news that millions of mastercard and visa accounts may hey been compromised there was panic and questions from cardholders. the security breach by a suspected criminal gang didn't target the card companies themselves but instead a third party that processes millions of our transactions each day. a company called, global payments. >> global payments is one of the major processors in the united states so if the bad guys got into their system, which they admitted they did, they could have taken ten million or more cards. >> most people assume when they swipe their credit cards their information goes straight to the bank but it makes a few stops along the way. fro their merchant your infoe goes to a payment processing company like global payments, then your credit card compan

that's a steep discount to mastercard and visa. i don't think they deserve that kind of premium. where can we look at that? >> we need to look at it relative to mastercard and visa, but the services trading at about 16 times. the stocks were at $57. that is 15 times the estimates. the key will be what's the ultimate implication from this breech? one thing i think the market tends to not give the company credit for. these are small to medium sized merchants in addition to the processing they do. the monthly record keeping with the relationships they got for many years. the cost of switching while people think it's not much, there is a business disruption. >> they speed up the adoption. >> i think so. >> great to have you with us. thanks for your time. >> global payments and one of the companies that karen pointed out the move that will be a higher security if used overseas already. gpn is one of the companies that would benefit from the adoption of this higher security product. >> another name that i would like to throw in is western union, about as old school as it gets. payments

. >> there's been a security breach targeting mastercard and visa numbers.by a suspected criminal gang didn't target the card companies themselves but instead a third party that processes millions of our transactions each day. a company called, global payments. >> global payments is one of the major processors in the united states so if the bad guys got into their system which they admitted they did they could have taken ten million or more cards. >> most people assume when they swipe their credit cards their information goes straight to the bank but it makes a few stops along the way. fro their merchant your infoe goes to a payment processing company like global payments, then your credit card company and finally to your bank. critics say payment processing companies don't have the same level of court as banks making them a start for thieves. >> mastercard and visa say they notified issue ears of the credit cards. global payments has notified federal law enforcement and is investigating. >>> for some encouraging news. gas prices are starting to drop. nation

there's been a security breach targeting mastercard and visa.y as 10 million accounts have been hit. so who is at risk and how can you protect your accounts? abc's tonya has answers. >> we rely on credit cards for the smallest purchases. >> i use my credit card for a coffee purchase, groceries. >> so when a blogger broke the news millions of mastercard and visa accounts may have been compromised there was panic and questions from card holders. the security breachly a suspected criminal gang didn't target the card company's themselves, but instead a third party that processes millions of transactions each day. a company called global payment. >> global payments is one of the major process source in the united states. so if the bad guys got into their system, which they admitted they did, they potentially could have taken 10 million or more cards. >> most people assume when they swipe their credit cards that their information goes straight to the bank but it turns out it makes a few stops along the way. >> from the merchant your credit card info f

these and mastercard said it they will all our cardholders who may be affected.e have a second unrelated debt leverage to warn you about. the department of child support services has learned that some child support customers' personal information may have been lost in the mail. names, addresses, driver's license numbers, social security numbers and other private records of about 800,000 adults and children from california are out there somewhere, lost. earlier this month, child support services shipped out for computer storage devices, data cartridges that looked like this. there were said to a facility in boulder, colorado. they protesting running the state system remotely. when they were done it before cartridges off on a fedex truck headed back to sacramento. somewhere in between boulder in the sacramento, the data cartridges were lost. it is believed the container that there were stored in was not properly secured and that they fell out. until the devices are recovered anyone who uses child support services should monitor their bank accounts and credit cards

an intense investigation into a security breach that could involve millions of mastercard and visa accounts. what you need to know about keeping your information safe. >>> and sale of the century. from marilyn monroe, charlie chaplin to charlton heston. the clothes, the costumes, the memories, all up for sale tonight. it's lights, camera, auction! >>> good evening, since i'm here and working this saturday night. we know one thing for certain about megamillion, i didn't win. but tonight a nation full of people holding worthless slips of paper want to know, who did. who are the lucky new members of the 1%. here's what we do know. there were winning tickets sold in three states, maryland, kansas and illinois. if you haven't checked yet the numbers were 2, 4, 23, 38, 46 and the megaball was 23. we learned the sales were so strong the final jackpot is a jaw-dropping $656 million. 656 million split three ways. not too shabby. we begin with david kerley, in maryland near baltimore where one of the winning tickets was sold. david. >> reporter: jake, sold at this machine, now, which is very famous,

. >> on a monday morning we told you over the week that visa and master massacred -- mastercard computerse hacked. >> and romney's face, did he know it would happen? he fell for his own staff's april fool'sject? did you get fooled on april first? if you missed it, also, here are the highlights from last night's academy of country music award. ♪ no good ♪ he will break your heart ♪ why can't you listen to me ♪ why you got to be ♪ so blind >> nice to see you on monday morning, at 17 minutes after the hour. colorado wildfire victims are finally being allowed back inside their homes this morning. nearly 50 families have been evacuated for the weekend after a control been got out-of-control and left two people dead. at this point they say the fire is 97 percent contained. and a developer of the keystone xl pipeline says he has found a new route through member avoid the environmentally sensitive sand hills that the white house cited when it denied the project. the developers say the details are the proposal will be released dug public hearings with the nebraska officials. >> yes, bank on this.

. >> millions of mastercard and accounts could be affected. the security breach but is critical gang. there is a company called global payments. they are one of the major in the united states. if bad guys got into the it could affect 10 cards. or more >> the larger banks have seen too. as well they have does not record and yet. why a credit card so vulnerable? wins whatever card, it makes a along the way. your info cargoes to the processing company, like global payments. then it goes to your credit card company. then finally, to your bank. others do not have the same securities as your bank. >> to protect yourself, monitor your credit card reports. the small charges you are notthat making. the world, cities hour.rticipating in earth this was the scene in shanghai this evening. energy was turned off for one hour. part of an effort to environment. this year at nearly 150 are expected to be part of the event. steve rudin is here. >> the national cathedral did it this evening. that is great. >> i wish to the sunshine will rest of the for the weeke

visa and mastercard have started alerting customers.k your accounts. >>> a tribute to trayvon martin in one of the places that was nearest and dearest to him. tonight, a candle light vigil at the field where he played youth football. teammates, coaches and friends joined the family in remembering the slain 17-year-old. hoarse earlier, a massive rally in sanford, florida. protesters marched on the police station, furious at how the investigation was being handled. police have not arrested george zimmerman, the man who admits to shoogt george zimmerman. one of the host heated conversations about the trayvon martin case took place right on our air cnn piers morgan and a culture commentator. piers invited robert zimmerman jr. on the show, the brother of george zimmerman. he thought piers could have been tougher on him. and piers challenged him to come on the show. this is combative, but one of the most riveting conversations you're going to see about the trayvon martin case. >> are you saying that robert zimmerman invented his story last ni

the bill getting its first test later this month and there is news broke millions of mastercard and visa accounts may have been compromised and today we're learning visa dropped a card processor from its registering of the providers and learned lobal payments is working to fight its security and elf perts say it's almost concern many banks have had them but just are not yet aware or have not yet reported the issue. that means consumers need to keep track of their accounts. we are keeping track of this, what we're saying is... you can have a problem and a charge can end up on your account. >> it's easy to be sloppy about that. >> on to weather. spencer chisin is hire, things are changing. >> there is a weird weekend. >> stormy, law. sun. >> iee day, kind of cool but warming up today there are highs into upper 60s. there is a live view looking southeastward. here is another view looking northwestern, lots of blue and cameras around the place. we're watching. here is a look at current temperature readings there are mid 6 ows inland there is 65 down in san jose. 66 in redwood city and there

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mastercard and visa say they have notified their credit card customers of the problems.he federal law enforcement men is investigating. lisa argen is probing the weather for you. >> yeah, we still have some very gusty winds out there, but nice and clear. it is going to lead to a beautiful afternoon. here's the view from mount tam. a look at the first week of april. that's all next. >> thank you, lisa. also ahead. allegations of scientific misconduct by the national park service. did officials manipulate an environmental review to make a local oyster farmer look bad? >> welcome back. this is a live look with a look at the bay bridge. this is april fools day. april 1st. some call it all-fool's day. it's celebrated around the world in various ways. i read in "wikipedia," you can believe that if you want, but it started back in 1392 had a mention of april fool's. that's the earliest mention that they can think of, lisa. >> interesting. >> so are you playing tricks today? >> not yet but i've had one played on me. >> i know. >> right at the beginning. >> yeah, from our produce

and you like mastercard.t do well net early phase of rallies. fin. and you like mastercard. these are sectors that do well net early phase of rallies.n fi. and you like mastercard. these are sectors that do well net early phase of rallies. >> there is a bumpy road with some of the economic data, but consumers absolutely need to be focussing their attention on where they're spending and companies are actually going into those spaces where we see the stronger demand. >> if people -- is it worth buying 15 shares of apple? >> i would actually look at google at this point. i think they're starting to diversify their portfolio a bit better, going into more of a mobility space and the tail end of their acquisition. and the cash on their balance sheet will continue to rise. >> and you mentioned emerging markets. anything you like will? >> emerging markets, we think the easiest way to participate is because there's been so much money that's come out of that space, we think the global recovery really starts with the em

both visa and mastercard say they're alerting banks across the country about specific accounts that could be at risk. >>> we may never know who two of the three mega millionaires are. kansas and maryland are two of the winning tickets are sold don't require winners to come forward publicly. the third ticket was sold in illinois, but even though we don't know the winner's names, we do know they'll each get $218 million a piece. that's before taxes. still, pretty cool return for $1 ticket. >>> from florida to massachusetts to the nation's capital, people seeking justice for trayvon martin. ben gel is, head of the naacp talked about the message he and others are trying to send. >> we are all united at our call for justice to be done here in sanford. as many of you know, i spent all of the last week -- not this past week, but the week before here listening to people in this community, and it's clear that this community is coming together around this call for mr. zimmerman to be brought to justice. >>> let's bring in george howell now. he is in sanford, florida, for us this morning. george, ha

a lost numbers are actually hacked from visa and mastercard and as a result that, a lot of individual find their numbers are being compromised. the best thing that consumers like you and i can do is closely monitor our credit card statements and when you see any charges for a low dollar amount like $1 or $5, alert your bank right away. >>neil: so watch your statement but now worried about ... why the delay in getting to us, i know 1.5 million in the scheme of 100 million is small, but for those 1.5 million it could be significant, right, because when there is a delay the longer people have or groups have access to that, expo 19 shali the number of bad people who have that information grows? >>guest: absolutely. as a matter of fact they use the cars right away. i would not be surprised if a lost those cars are in use right today. it was a while, a delay to get the information to the consumers and the reason is because visa and mastercard security people were trying to figure what was the extent of the breach and they finally figured it out to some degree and they started notifying the

mastercard hasn't made a decision yet. >>> this are reports of car engine fires. two models are involved. the chevrolet cruze and the jeep wrangler. the fires completely destroyed the autos. most began when the vehicles were moving. >>> the skies are getting a little friendlier. analysts say airline service was slightly better last year than the year before in delays, service, bumping, and lost baggage. low-cost carriers did the best. regional airlines did the worst. >>> overseas, markets were mixed on uncertainty about china. tokyo's nikkei average added 27 points today. hong kong's hang seng lost 83. on wall street, the dow gained 131 points last week. nasdaq was up 24. >>> burger king wants to beef up its sales. it's adding smoothies and snack wrapping. they slid to number three this sales last year behind wendy's. the new items are similar to what mcdonald's already has. >>> and movie goers are apparently still hungry. "hunger games" was tops at the box office this weekend. the block buster picked up another $61 million. "wrath of the titans" picked up the i-m

welcomed in twice as many places worldwide as american express that's mastercard. that's priceless.an express mike wallace, one of the founders of this broadcast and its most public face. for 40 years, it was the sound of the stopwatch and mike's voice that signaled the start of another edition of "60 minutes." that voice has been silenced, but he was one of the true giants of television. his reporting style and interviewing technique influenced generations of journalists, and set the style and the tone of this program. what better way to honor and remember mike than to look back at some of the highlights of his extraordinary career? >> wallace: he was doing what? with you. why? why? why? really. when you boil it down to low gravy... you demanded special treatment. you needed money. it's almost an embarrassment, sir, to hear this from you. what? what did they want you to do? what is it? >> kroft: i sat down with mike in the spring of 2006 on the occasion of his semi-retirement from "60 minutes." in the studio where the show is put together every week, we watched some notable people

it is mastercard, hey, two of the greatest performing stocks of our generation.s -- and ebay doesn't charge the retailers as much money as those two on retail transactions. which means the retailers have a predisposition to offer paypal along with visa and mastercard. the test at home depot, wildly successfully. it works terrifically on mobile. and when you use paypal, you don't have to enter your personal information into your mobile phone which means, look, let's say you get hacked, well, they can't hijack your identity. and the core business, the old online flee market enterprise, it's actually showing accelerated growth. out of nowhere. that's what makes this $40 stock worth $50 as either an earnings story or a sum of the parts breakup value. hard to beat even up here. back to you, lawrence. >> all right, many thanks, jim cramer. paypal, ebay. next up on "kudlow," mitt romney is in recovery and the numbers prove it. we have it for you next up. zap technology. arrival. with hertz gold plus rewards, you skip the counters, the lines, and the paperwork. zap. it's

mastercard alerted card issuers on which accounts could potentially be at risk.al payment says the problem is contained and they are still processing payments. suzanne? >> what do we do? how do we make sure the credit cards are safe to use? >> expect the issuer will contact you if you're affected. they'll give you a new card, a new account number. in the past, they've given out free credit monitoring as well. you have to take responsibility. if you're worried about it, the first line of defense is you. go ahead and watch your account statements when they koom in. of course, report anything out of the ordinary. note this is a drop in the bucket. 1.5 million credit cards is a lot. but it's small compared to the 1 billion credit and debit cards being used currently in the u.s. >>> mitt romney having trouble with women. women voters, that is. a new poll shows president obama is trouncing the former massachusetts governor in this key demographic. how does romney win over the women women? >>> and college, pretty pricy. costs keep going up. got a few tips of how to pay

mastercard hasn't made a decision yet. >>> well, the federal government is looking into reports of car engine fires. only two models are involved. the chevrolet cruze and the jeep wrangler. the fires completely destroyed the autos. most began when the vehicles were moving. gm and chrysler say they're cooperating with the probe. >>> the skies are getting a little friendlier. analysts say airline service was slightly better last year than the year before in four important areas -- delay, service, bumping, and lost baggage. low-cost carriers did the best. regional airlines did the worst. >>> overseas, markets were mixed on uncertainty about china. tokyo's nikkei average added 27 points today. hong kong's hang seng lost 83. in london, the ftse opened higher. on wall street, the dow gained 131 points last week. the nasdaq index was up 24. >>> burger king wants to beef up its sales. so it's rolling out ten new menu items today, including smoothies and snack wraps. the chain slid to number three in sales last year behind wendy's. the new items are similar to what mcdonald's already has. >>> a

the information that was taken from their system, not taken from a bank, not taken from mastercard or, but from global payments, involved credit card numbers and names, but nobody's personal data like your social security number was compromised. now, they discovered the breach three weeks ago, up to one and a half million cards were compromised. the breach occurred, again, within global payment, and visa, which has delisted them from the approved processers, they're still processing visa transactions, just makes it harderrer if them to, perhaps, sign up clients. they're being fined by visa, but they haven't said how much, and they haven't said how much longer it will take to get back in the good graces of visa, but they're saying this security problem is contained. jenna: should you still check your cards if you've used it in a certain situation? >> reporter: yeah. you can always check on line with your bank. if you see a fraudulent or a charge you don't recognize, you ask for the fraud department at that institution, you dispute that charge. if you happen to be part of this group of

many as one and a half million cardholder accounts may have been exposed to hackers, including mastercard and visa customers, but those two stocks each rebounded. finally, sirius xm radio shares saw heavy volume even for it. more than 140 million shares traded with the stock finishing just below a 52 week high. the wall street journal reports liberty media is asking the fcc to declare it in de-facto control, even though it owns less than 50% of its stock. and that's tonight's market focus. >> tom: despite objections from drug stores, two giant companies managing prescription drug insurance plans are now one. express scripts finished its $29 billion buy-out of medco health solutions today after the federal trade commission ruled combining the two largest players in the industry would not hurt competition. >> reporter: combined, these two companies handle 40% of drug prescriptions, that's almost one and a half billion prescriptions annually. and after an eight month review, the government gave it the green light. >> there's a billion dollars of synergies in this deal and those actually come

also visa, mastercard and whole foods. mondayay the latestt figigures personal income and spending.ay the latest monthly auto sale figures will be out. on friday, the labor department will issue the market-moving employment report. find out how many jobs the economy lost or gained in the last month. >>> space, the final frontier for invesrs? a west coast startup called planetary resources announced this week it is developing spacecraft to mine asteroids between mars and jupiterfor natural resources like water and miminerals as well as comommodi like gold and lat numb. backed by an investor group that includes google's ladies and gentlemenry page and eric schmidt and film director james cameron, the company plans to launch the first tell popes looking for high-value targets by 2014. boldly going where no man has gone before. that will do it for us today. thank you so much for joining next week, men and wom a and their money. advice for wealth and wisdom between the genders. keep it right here where wall street meets main street. have a fantastic week,

mastercard and visa's own systems were not affected and global payments now has a website establishedo help card holders whopped more information -- who want more information. >>> for the second year in a row they had the best performance. the rankings by a private research group are based on the number of lost bags, delayed flights, bumps from full planes and consumer complaints. >>> trying to get back at least to number two, burger king is revamping its menu. it will add ten knew items in-- new items including smoothie salads. >>> spotting the early signs of autism can make a big difference. we have tips for moms and dads in about six minutes. >> more on that blue your weather first -- plus your weather first when we return in two minutes. you're watching 9news now. >>> good morning, welcome back to 9news now. a little cold slap in the face this morning from mother nature. some freeze, frost warnings out there? >> yeah, that's so forth and west butwell take fit that's going to -- north and west but we'll take it. if that's going to knock down some of the warnings and allergens. >> t

recent upgrade and the problem is not related to the security breach potentially affecting visa and mastercard customers and that was reported on friday. >>> not enough cash on hand to finish the class. that's the problem many advanced placement students face in the wake of federal budget cuts. the cuts mean high school students must pay the fee for their a.p. exams, a problem for many low income students. some students face bills over $200 and in a few states students can use state funds to pay but in some areas low income students must take on the cost. there is ways they will detour kids from taking the a.p. level classes in the future. >>> tuesday we have primary day here in our state and also wisconsin, this is big for the republican presidential nomination. voters go to the polls and the latest poll puts mitt romney at the head of the pack in the badger state and the win could put him closer to nabbing the nomination. newt gingrich's ride could also land in wisconsin and for the first time he's acknowledging romney could be the nominee but he is going to show up in western maryland tomor

both the set and mastercard are saying that their own the systems have not been costs -- compromise, it was only this third-party vendors. visa had a technical glitch that affect people from using their cars for about 45 minutes yesterday. they said the outage was caused by recent enhancements to their system and not related to the security breach. for >>darya: the pain at the office is getting ample bit better. gas prices have dropped a little in the bay area but we are still paying more than the national average cfs in san francisco, did not look for anything too much cheaper than $4.38. in oakland, the average is 105 less. in san jose, for all assaulted by sen. the national average is up by a few sacks. $3.92. >>mark: we will be right back as the kron4 news continues. here is a live look from the roof camera in san francisco. finally, some dry weather. [ crickets chirping ] [ traffic passing ] ♪ [ music box: lullaby ] [ man on tv, indistinct ] ♪ [ lullaby continues ] [ baby coos ] [ man announcing ] millions are still exposed to the dangers... of secondhand smoke... and some of th

it is not related to a security breach related to visa and mastercard breaches. >>> the $2 billion project ended tuesday, that's when the judicial council voted to scrap it. critics call it a flop and boondoggle. the division of instant access across counties and saving money in the long run, instead costs for specialized software and consultants kept ramping up throughout the recession. >>> a new survey suggests flying in america is getting better. researchers looked at american airlines to doing a better job. the industry's on time arrivals improved last year to 80%. hawaii airlines was tops at 82%. and airlines seemed to be losing fewer bags. 10 of 15 airlines also improved in that category. >>> an appeals court is set to decide a case that could cost millions of the dollars in tax revenues. chevron wants a refund of up to $73 million in property taxes, paid from 2007 to 2009. this comes after it was discovered how property values -- >>> talk about a thrilling proposal. why a couple began its engagement with a dramatic preview of life's ups and downs. >>> what's inside your medical mari

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