follow-up: Judge tosses most Hannaford Bros. data breach claims

[security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>]

http://www.reformer.com/latestnews/ci_12358695

Judge tosses most Hannaford Bros. data breach claims
The Associated Press

Wednesday, May 13
PORTLAND, Maine - Only those customers who weren't reimbursed for 
fraudulent charges may sue the Hannaford Bros. supermarket chain over a 
data breach that exposed 4.2 million credit and debit card numbers to 
computer hackers, a federal judge has ruled.

The decision by U.S. District Judge D. Brock Hornby on Tuesday dismissed 
all but one of the civil claims brought after the data breach was revealed 
in March 2008.

Between Dec. 7, 2007, and March 10, 2008, hackers accessed card numbers 
used at 165 Hannaford stores in the Northeast and 106 Sweetbay stores in 
Florida. At least 1,800 numbers were stolen and used for unauthorized 
purchases, Hannaford officials have said.

Electronic payment processing services for all the transactions took place 
in Maine, where Hannaford is headquartered. And lawyers agreed last month 
that Maine law should apply.

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