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…
Tag: Heartland Payment Systems
No, the unnamed processor breach is not another Heartland breach
Despite what some people might have suggested, Heartland Payment Systems has flatly denied that it is in any way responsible for the newest reports of another payment processor breach. In response to a blog entry on The Consumerist, Nancy Gross, Heartland’s Executive Director of Marketing, replied: We, too, have heard of a new breach. But,…
And the rumor mills kick into higher gear
For the past few weeks, some of us have been in communication about reports about a second big processor breach. The good folks over at Open Security Foundation (OSF) went public on February 13 that they were getting multiple tips about the breach. This site was also hearing some of the same reports (perhaps from…
Heartland Payment System reports 4th Quarter Gains
Of course, the fourth quarter ended before they announced that they had been breached. They had this to say about the breach in their press release today (via Marketwatch): Clearly our biggest challenge in 2009 will arise from the system breach we suffered. There are two main components to the challenge we face: addressing claims…
NYS Consumer Protection says “Action Needed in Heartland Breach”
The following was sent to me by the NYS Consumer Protection Board: DATE: February 22, 2009 NYS CONSUMER PROTECTION BOARD CALLS FOR ACTION TO PROTECT CONSUMERS WHO MAY BE AFFECTED BY HEARTLAND BREACH The New York State Consumer Protection Board (CPB) today called on financial institutions and corporations with knowledge of customer data compromised by…
Meanwhile, back at the Heartland breach
Like most blogs, DataBreaches.net totally abandoned any attempt to track all of the affected entities. Instead, we have been trying to support BankInfoSecurity.com‘s efforts to keep track. Expect the numbers of affected banks and credit unions to rise to 500 or more next week after they have a chance to enter about five dozen links…