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First National Bank Closes Debit Accounts After Breach (Heartland)
From: security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:20:26 +0000 (UTC)
[Amazing, this long after the incident, organizations are still just learning of the fallout and contacting customers. -jericho] http://www.whmi.com/news/article/8632 First National Bank Closes Debit Accounts After Breach July 24, 2009 7/24/09 - More than two thousand debit card customers of First National Bank of Howell have had their accounts closed down after learning of a security breach. Bank officials tell WHMI that after learning of an information breach at Heartland Payment Systems, a national credit and debit card processing company, they began to closely monitor their customers accounts and quickly found a pattern of suspicious activity. Randy Greene is the First Nationals Vice President in charge of retail banking. He says that on Thursday they deactivated 2,300 of their customers debit cards as a precaution. He adds that any fraudulent activity will be completely covered and they are notifying all of their customers and arranging for new cards to be sent. A mass letter is also being sent out explaining the situation. Greene stresses that none of their customers personal identification data such as Social Security numbers or pin codes are believed to have been compromised. Any First National Bank customers seeking further information can contact the main branch in Howell at 1-517-546-3150. (JK) _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () datalossdb org) Get business, compliance, IT and security staff on the same page with CREDANT Technologies: The Shortcut Guide to Understanding Data Protection from Four Critical Perspectives. The eBook begins with considerations important to executives and business leaders. http://www.credant.com/campaigns/ebook-chpt-one-web.php
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