PCI Council Reports Accelerating Threats to Payment Systems

The PCI Security Standards Council released its first annual report, indicating that threats to payment systems are accelerating. The organization experienced a record year in multiple areas but acknowledged the need to increase its pace to outpace attackers targeting payment infrastructure. No specific technical details, numbers, dates, or CVE IDs were provided in the report. The focus was on the growing speed and sophistication of threats rather than quantifiable impacts. The report was published by the PCI Council, the governing body for payment security standards.