Princeton, N.J.-based Heartland Payment Systems, which suffereda 2008 payment break-in exposing 130 million U.S. credit and debitcards, says a new breach could compromise the data of 2200 customers.
According to an alert issued by Heartland on May 8 this breach was the result of physical theft. “An incident occurredat our office in Santa Ana, California,” the company reported.“Many items, including password protected computers belonging toHeartland were stolen.”
Reports said thieves took off with 11 computers, four of whichmay contain Social Security Numbers and bank account informationused in payroll processing.
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Roy Urrico
Roy W. Urrico specializes in articles about financial technology and services for Credit Union Times, as well as ghostwriting, copywriting, and case studies. Also: writer/editor of a semi-annual newsletter for Association for Financial Technology since 1997 and history projects funded by the U.S Interior Department, National Park Service and Warren County (N.Y.).
