This is what happens when your password is on a post-it attached to your computer monitor

AP:

A computer hacker may have accessed more than 40 million credit card accounts in what could be the largest in a series of recent security breaches involving consumer data, officials said.

MasterCard International Inc. announced Friday that the breach was traced to Atlanta-based CardSystems Solutions Inc., which processes credit card and other payments for banks and merchants. All brands of credit cards could be affected.

The compromised data did not include addresses or Social Security numbers, said MasterCard spokeswoman Sharon Gamsin. The data that may have been viewed — names, banks and account numbers — could be used to steal funds, but not identities.

Gamsin said she did not know how the virus-like computer script that captured customer data got into CardSystems' network, which MasterCard said was infiltrated by an "unauthorized individual." Neither company would elaborate.

A computer SCRIPT?

A frickin' SCRIPT?

Jesus H. Christ, what the fuck kind of security do these outfits have? A Rottweiler napping in front of the server?

Now, let's start taking bets on how long it's going to take for some wingnut in the House to propose legislation to remove the $50 limit on unauthorized purchases, saying it's the consumer's responsibility to monitor his own accounts, and the $50 limit is an undue burden on business.

I give it a month. And Joe Biden will vote for it.