Security breach affects card users tied to Wilderness arcade

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By Rick Romell
Journal Sentinel
Sept. 12, 2011

A security breach exposed as many as 40,000 credit or debit cards used in 
arcades at the Wilderness Waterpark Resort near Wisconsin Dells and a 
companion resort in Tennessee, and a handful appear to have been affected, 
an arcade supplier said Monday.

The card processing system of Vacationland Vendors Inc., a Wisconsin Dells 
firm that supplies arcade games and installs vending machines, was 
breached on March 22, and possibly before that, a spokesman said.

The attack by hackers exposed information on cards used in the arcades in 
the Wilderness resorts in Lake Delton and in Sevierville, Tenn., east of 
Knoxville. Other transactions at the resorts, including reservations and 
purchases at restaurants and shops, were not involved.

While 40,000 cards were exposed, Vacationland Vendors has received reports 
of irregular activity on less than 20 of the accounts, the spokesman said.

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