Hannaford Bros. Reports Security Breach

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Yowzers.

Via MaineToday (AP).

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Hannaford Bros. supermarket chain announced Monday a security breach that
led to thefts of customer credit and debit card numbers from more than 200
stores.

Hannaford says the security breach affects all of its 165 stores in the
Northeast, 106 Sweetbay stores in Florida and a smaller number of
independent groceries that sell Hannaford products.

The company puts the number of unique credit and debit card numbers that
were potentially exposed to fraud at 4.2 million, but there have been only
about 1,800 cases of reported fraud related to the security breach, said
Carol Eleazer, Hannaford's vice president of marketing in Scarborough.

The company says credit and debit card numbers were stolen during the card
authorization transmission process but no personal information like names,
addresses or telephone numbers was divulged.

Hannaford first became aware of unusual credit card activity on Feb. 27.
Investigators later discovered that the data breach began on Dec. 7; it
wasn't contained until March 10, Eleazer said.

[snip]

More:
http://news.mainetoday.com/updates/023911.html

Previously:
http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2008/03/mass_bankers_re.html

- - ferg

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