FT Announces investigation of RBS Worldpay for a security and privacy breach of sensitive personall information belonging to pre-paid cardholders.

Finkelstein Thompson LLP is investigating a security and privacy breach at RBSWorldPay, Inc.On December 23, 2008, RBS announced that its computer systemcontaining sensitive personal information belonging to pre-paid cardholders including payroll and open-loop gift cardholders had been “improperly accessed by an unauthorized party. Approximately 1.5 million cardholders have been compromised. Compromised information includes names, addresses, telephone numbers, card account numbers, PINs, and financial account information. Approximately 1.1 million cardholders Social Security numbers are at risk. Fraudulent transactions have occurred on approximately 100 payroll cards. RBS is a provider of electronic payment processing services including debit, electronic benefits transfer, checks, gift cards, e-commerce, customer loyalty cards, fleet cards, prepaid cards, creditcards and ATM processing and cash management services.

RBS has attempted to notify cardholders of the breach by letter. If you have beencontacted by RBS regarding this data breach and wish to discuss your rights andinterests, please contact our Washington, D.C. office at 202.337.8000 or by emailat This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it .