The number of financial institutions that stepped forward to say their customers' credit or debit cards were compromised because of the Heartland Payment Systems (HPY) data breach has now reached more than 500.
Little more than a month ago, on Jan. 20, Heartland, a Princeton, NJ-based payments processor, went...
Two Philadelphia law firms have filed class action suits on behalf of all cardholders in the U.S. who had their credit or debit card data stolen in the Heartland Payment System (HPY) data breach. This brings to three the total number of class action lawsuits filed against the Princeton, NJ-based payments processor.
The list of financial institutions impacted by the Heartland Payment Systems (HPY) breach now tops 220. In related news, three men in Florida were arrested earlier this week on multiple charges of credit card fraud, and some of the card numbers they allegedly used are tied to the Heartland hack.
By the latest count, the number of institutions that have informed their card customers and members that they were hit as a result of the Heartland Payment Systems (HPY) data breach has swelled to more than 678.
Heartland, the sixth-largest payments processor in the U.S., announced on Jan. 20 that its processing...
The fraud against 16 credit cards of CU Community Credit Union members over one weekend last November puzzled the credit union's staff. The Springfield, MO-based credit union discovered nearly $11,000 in fraudulent charges against those cards.
At the time, the credit union didn't know what the fraud was related to,...
This is a copy of a letter sent by the Bank of Fayetteville, Fayetteville, AR to a debit card customer on January 22. The bank sent the letter to inform the customer that the debit card may have been among those that were compromised as a result of confirmed unauthorized access to Heartland Payment Systems.
Exactly how big was the Heartland data breach?
This is the great unanswered question since last week, when Heartland Payment Systems (HPY), a Princeton, NJ-based credit card processor, revealed that its computer systems had been breached, and an unknown number of credit card account numbers were exposed to...
There are at least six institutions so far that have found out their customers' credit or debit cards could have been compromised as part of the Heartland Payment Systems breach.
Heartland (HPY), the sixth-largest payments processor in the U.S., announced earlier this week that its processing systems were breached...
Organizations often face the task of trying to recover data from water-soaked hard disks or servers that have been flooded by hurricanes, bad weather, or even the sprinklers going off in the branch or building.
Rule one -- don't assume that data isn't recoverable, no matter what it has been through, says Jim...
Resource allocation - the people, places and things - is one of the most overlooked aspects of Business Continuity planning.
In this exclusive interview, crime and information security expert Dana Turner offers insights on:
What resource allocation truly means for financial institutions;
Unique challenges...
In the wake of the arrests of 11 hackers tied to the TJX data breach, security experts everywhere are warning of bigger, bolder threats to come.
So, what should banking institutions have learned from TJX-style breaches, and what can they do now to protect their customers and critical financial/informational...
Interview with Cyber Crime Expert Eric Fiterman
In the wake of the arrests of 11 hackers tied to the TJX data breach, security experts everywhere are warning of bigger, bolder threats to come.
So, what should banking institutions have learned from TJX-style breaches, and what can they do now to protect their...
This week's arrest of 11 alleged hackers accused of stealing more than 40 million credit and debit card numbers may be only the "tip of the iceberg," security experts say.
In the largest identity theft case ever prosecuted by the US Department of Justice, 11 alleged hackers from around the globe face up to life in...
Was it the largest synchronized security update in the history of the Internet?
On Tuesday, a coordinated patch was released by security researcher Dan Kaminsky of IO Active, fixing a vulnerability that exists in all Domain Name System (DNS) servers.
What does that mean for financial institutions? Patches are...
Financial institutions are increasingly better prepared for a pandemic disaster, but cyber security attacks are a growing concern.
This is the message from the current and past chairmen of the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council for Critical Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security (FSSCC).
George...
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