About 100 000 credit cards it is necessary to exchange to Deutsche Banks because of attack of hackers to the Spanish firm serving companies Visa and In Spain have stolen the data about credit cards 100 000 tourists MasterCard, and also carrying out support of the bonus program of airline of Lufthansa Miles and More. Tens thousand the tourists, the summer which has visited Spain and in the autumn, have already changed plastic cards, and another still should be made it.
The exact quantity of credit cards to which hackers have got access, is not established, that is not known also, danger of removal by swindlers of money from bills of travellers is how much great. Firm Visa has already declared that will return money to owners of credit cards if those become a victim of a deceit because of loss of the data.
As it became known Dw-World.de, banks of Germany – Volksbank and Raiffeisenbank will exchange about 60 thousand maps Visa and MasterCard. Also maps will change to clients Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank and Barclays.

All specified banks have declared that, what is it the preventive measure and the reasons for fear at clients is not present. However for tourists even such measure In Spain have stolen the data about credit cards 100 000 tourists of precaution can turn back unpleasant surprises. After all many travellers especially going on rest independently, have already got used to pay off with credit cards and do not carry with itself great sums cash. And if air tickets are reserved and paid instantly to pay off with hotels many travellers prefer last days the stay in the country. In case payment goes through a credit card which have preventively blocked in bank, the surprise can turn out very unpleasant.

However, the situation when a credit card have not accepted in shop, restaurant or simply drugstore, does not add pleasure to holiday. The Russian tourists who have visited Spain in the summer and the autumn of 2009, already have shared with each other similar situations at the thematic forums devoted to independent travel.

Not to get to such situation, tourists should check up for couple of weeks before a trip, whether the map is blocked. Most simply to learn a way, whether the credit card operates – to put on it the small sum through a cash dispense. If the map is blocked, it is necessary to address in bank. As banks in a course of a situation with mass theft of the data, maps перевыпустят it is free, however time for it all the same is required.
Besides, there are certain chances that will block a map after travellers will cross border of Russia, and on this case it is necessary to take with itself a spare map and the certain sum cash. It is possible also to ask to draw out hotel money for residing in advance.