The Kearney area has recently fell victim to fraudulent activity of local bank accounts after hackers compromised personal information and officials say that many consumers in the Kearney area already have replacement credit and debit cards in response to the data breech.
On October 19th, the City of Kearney released a notice warning the public of the observed activity,
“In the last several days, the public has reported fraudulent use of debit/credit cards on their local accounts. The Kearney Police Department is asking residents to continue to monitor their checking and credit card accounts for fraudulent activity and to report that activity to the responsible financial institution.”
Kearney police say up to 500 debit and credit cards have been compromised after hackers invaded a computer network of a Kearney business. According to the Associated Press, Dan Warrington, Kearney Police Department investigator, said that he isn’t sure which business or businesses were involved.
Counterfeit cards are believed to have been used nationally and internationally which are linked to the fraudulent activity in Kearney.