Patent ID: 8612340

Claim:
A method of identifying a group of potentially fraudulent transactions, comprising: accessing, by a computer programmed with logic, transaction data stored in a data storage system, the transaction data being associated with a plurality of financial accounts and a plurality of transaction locations; analyzing, by the computer, the transaction data associated with the plurality of financial accounts and the plurality of transaction locations to identify at least one group of transactions based on: a minimum number of transactions, wherein the minimum number of transactions are transactions executed via a single transaction location; a minimum dollar amount, wherein the minimum dollar amount is a minimum dollar amount for each of the minimum number of transactions; and a maximum time period, wherein the maximum time period defines a maximum time period during which the minimum number of transactions are executed; and providing an output using the computer including data associated with the group of transactions; identifying a point of compromise based on analyzing at-risk accounts associated with the group transactions; and for each of a plurality of time periods, determining a number of the at-risk accounts involved in transactions executed via the point of compromise during the time period; determining a capture rate, the capture rate being based on (i) the number of at-risk accounts involved in transactions executed via the point of compromise during the time period, and (ii) the total number of the at risk accounts; and determining the total number of accounts including the at-risk accounts involved in transactions executed via the point of compromise during the time period; and selecting an exposure date range from one of the plurality of time periods based on (i) a comparison of the capture rate of the time period with a threshold capture rate; and (ii) the total number of accounts involved in transactions during the time period.