Tux Turkel reports: Maine banks and credit unions were scrambling this morning to assess the scope of a nationwide data breach involving credit and debit cards. […] It was not immediately clear whether Maine customers had been victims of fraud related to the Heartland breach, but some banks were making plans to reissue cards, just…
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PCI’s Shield Suffers Another Blow As Heartland Reports a Hack
More on the Heartland Payment Systems breach reported earlier today…. from Digital Transactions: […] Princeton, N.J.-based Heartland is one of the nation’s largest acquirers, processing for about 250,000 merchant locations. It has a number of business units, including its so-called Network Services segment serving mostly petroleum retailers that Heartland bought last year from Alliance Data…
Heartland Payment Systems Uncovers Malicious Software In Its Processing System (updated)
From their press release: Payments processor Heartland Payment Systems has learned it was the victim of a security breach within its processing system in 2008. Heartland believes the intrusion is contained. […] No merchant data or cardholder Social Security numbers, unencrypted personal identification numbers (PIN), addresses or telephone numbers were involved in the breach. Nor…