Heartland hit again?

[security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>]

http://techdirt.com/articles/20100812/15223610610.shtml

Company That Had The Largest Ever Credit Card Data Breach... Apparently 
Breached Again
from the hits-you-in-the-heartland dept

Remember Heartland Payment Systems? It's the giant credit card 
clearinghouse that was involved in the largest ever security breach in 
terms of the number of credit card numbers exposed. They were successfully 
targeted by the same guys who had also set the previous record for largest 
credit card data breach, so you could question whether the issue was just 
a sophisticated group of hackers or poor security at Heartland (or, 
possibly, a combination of both). Either way, it looks like Heartland may 
still have some issues. Carlo sends over the news that a new security 
breach has been discovered at a restaurant in Austin, Texas that appears 
to involve someone hacking into the network between the restaurant and 
Heartland. It's not yet clear if this goes beyond that one restaurant, but 
this can't look good for Heartland.

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http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/blotter/entries/2010/08/12/security_breach_affecting_cred.html?cxntfid=blogs_the_blotter

Police: Breach affecting credit card users at restaurant chain

Thursday, August 12, 2010, 10:52 AM

A security breach for credit and debit card purchases at a local 
restaurant chain is causing headaches for some Austinites, police say.

A police spokesman said thieves have hacked into an accounting network 
between Tinos Greek Cafe and its New Jersey-based credit card 
clearinghouse, Heartland Payment Systems, triggering fraudulent charges 
for some customers of the locally owned restaurant chain in recent months.

It.s not clear whether the scam targeted only Tinos customers or a larger 
ring of merchants who use Heartland, which has seen security breaches of 
its payment processing in recent years, police said.

.What we have been able to figure out so far is there has been a security 
breach of (this) credit card system,. said Police Cpl. Scott Perry. 
.Somebody hacked into a computer system, and it.s happening somewhere 
between Tinos. point of sale and their credit card clearinghouse company..

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