On Tuesday morning, Heartland Payment Systems President and CFO, Bob Baldwin, stated during a conference call: Today, we have had several lawsuits filed against us and we expect that additional lawsuits will be filed. We are also the subject to several governmental investigations and enquiry , including an informal enquiry by the SEC and a…
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SEC, FTC investigating Heartland after data theft
Robert McMillan reports: Federal agencies, including the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), have begun investigating Heartland Payment Systems following a massive data breach at the payment processing company. Company President and CFO Robert Baldwin Jr. disclosed the investigations during Heartland’s quarterly conference call with investigators Tuesday, saying…
Identity-fraud warning after passports lost
Beck Vass reports: Police are worried that identity fraudsters are behind the disappearance of packages containing passports. The New Zealand Post parcels went missing between Auckland and the Indian High Commission in Wellington. Read more in The New Zealand Herald
Sifting through the tea leaves
In what appears to be a reaction to an article by Kim Zettner of Wired, “Clues to Massive Hacks Hidden in Plain Sight,” the folks at Sûnnet Beskerming posted, “A Data Breach In The Tea Leaves, Or Tilting At Windmills?” today. They write, in part: Increased frequency of reports of small to medium numbers of…
Notifications reduced to green slips
More than one month after Heartland’s disclosure of a major breach, some customers are first finding out about it and that their card or account was affected. In some cases, however, all they are being given by way of explanation is a green slip enclosed with a replacement card. Steve Wartenberg of the Columbus Dispatch…
OR: Identity thief gets 36 months in prison
A woman who fled the state in 2007 after being accused of stealing and using multiple credit cards of City Hall employees will get 36 months in prison. Christine Lee Foos, 35, plead guilty on February 23 in the Washington County Circuit Court to burglary in the second degree and three counts of identity theft….