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Data Security Breach Alert: 1.5 Million Credit Card Customers Affected — UPDATE

Posted in Data Breach, Data Breach Notification, Security

UPDATE:    Initial reports of numbers of compromised records in data security breaches are often underestimated.   Such appears to be the case in the Global Payments, Inc. incident that we wrote about last month.   Initial reports stated that about 1.5 million credit and debit cards were compromised, but it is now believed that the number is… Continue Reading

New Settlement Agreement in Heartland Breach

Posted in Data Breach

And the cash register continues to ring with respect to the Heartland Payment Systems Inc. breach. Heartland disclosed last week in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it has agreed to pay a maximum of $60 million to Visa Inc. and Visa card-issuing banks to settle claims arising out of the massive… Continue Reading