Island folk better check their credit card statements more closely. The debit and credit card security breach earlier this month was the largest Bank Pacific President Philip Flores says he’s seen on Guam, with more than a thousand accounts believed to be affected island wide. Flores told PNC this wave seems to be past us as most charges were made immediately after the data was stolen.

The Secret Service is still investigating the breach according to Flores the common factor in the affected accounts was payments to the Guam Waterworks Authority. Many of the fraudulent charges were also made to an online gaming company.

According to Flores its common for data stolen over online networks to be sold and he says account holders should monitor their account activity on a regular basis.

“It won’t just be through a data breach similar to this one. It could be if you’re putting your card into a gasoline pump. It could be if you’re putting card into an ATM,” Flores told PNC. “Always be concerned about your personal data.”

Flores says if you do find suspicious activity in your account you should report it to your bank immediately. In this latest case most account holders were reimbursed by the company the fraudulent charges were made to and if they weren’t Flores says their bank would have taken care of the expense for them.

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Michelle, it has been difficult getting on your blog. I see the gangs still here and kicking as lively as ever. Too bad that applies to George,WN or should that be George,wb (whiteboy)? Or just howlie?