Business

In 2009, Heartland Payment Systems (HPS) reported a security breach in one of its main databases. What happened is the online credit and debit card processor, reported significant portions of customer files were stolen over the course of one year. They contained all the Visa and MasterCard numbers for 175 thousand of the 250 thousand retailers the company was working with. This is potentially exposing tens millions of individual credit and debit card numbers to criminals. Commenting about the incident the President and Chief Financial Officer (Robert Baldwin) said, "We found evidence of an intrusion last week and immediately notified federal law enforcement officials as well as the card brands. We understand that this incident may be the result of a widespread global cyber fraud operation, and we are cooperating closely with the United States Secret Service and Department of Justice." (Haskins, 2009)

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