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MasterCard hack spawns phishing attack | The Register: “”

(Via The Reg.)

The recent compromise in Mastercard’s network resulted in possibly 40M credit card holders personal details being stolen.

If that wasn’t bad enough, the compromise has now spawned a phishing atempt.

The text of the phishing e-mail is:

From: Master Bank [master@masterbank.com] To: Subject: **Your Mastercard online Confirmation**

Dear User, During our regular update and verification of the accounts, we couldn’t verify your current information. Either your information has changed or it is incomplete. If the account information is not updated to current information within 5 days then, your access will be restricted.

go to this link below or copy and paste it on your addresse tool bar.

http://www.mastercard-new-register.com

***Please Do Not Reply To This E-Mail As You Will Not Receive A Response***

Thank you Accounts Managent

whois data on the URL points to:
Registrant Contact:
Donald Cuppe
Donald Cuppe (admin@mastercard-new-register.com)
+1.5205856324
Fax: none
9320 E. Lurlene Dr.
Tucson, AZ 85730
US

But of course we cannot be 100% sure of this. It could be false information. Indeed already the domain has expired:
Creation date: 18 Jun 2005 20:13:11
Expiration date: 18 Jun 2006 20:13:11

If you see this e-mail coming to your mailbox, dump it. Mastercard, like all other financial institutions won’t be e-mailing you about some problem.