The company behind the RSA security tokens that many corporate employees carry around with them everywhere, has suffered a data breach.

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In other words, the number-generating RSA security tokens business people use to login to their corporate VPN may not be as secure as previously thought.

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While considerably more secure than typical static username and password log-in systems, many people find using security tokens cumbersome given the need to keep it with them in order to use online banking.

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Given that the financial services industry is always concerned about security, it is a little curious that they are working with the parent of RSA, the security company whose tokens have apparently been compromised.

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Almost three months after a hacking incident that compromised sensitive data used in its authentication tokens, security firm RSA has resorted to a last-ditch fix: a product recall.

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But now that it has fully acknowledged that its tokens no longer offer the security they once did, the company may find it has a much larger recall ahead than it would like.

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In the payments world, tokens have traditionally been used to enhance information security.

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Because the script is being run in the context of the trusted web site, it has access to cookies such as session tokens, as well as any other user information available within the security context of that web site.

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