The news that fraudsters have obtained the data of 75 million online video gamers, including more than three million Britons, after targeting Sony’s PlayStation Network shows that businesses need to pay closer attention to the protection of cardholder data. There is little excuse for data breaches on this scale as online merchants can protect card details and should look at using Tokenisation, an additional encryption capability that replaces sensitive data with unique identification symbols. The token can be accessed by the merchant for reporting and future purchases, but the credit card details remain secure at all times.