Supermarket data breach affects 4.2 million accounts

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: dewayne () warpspeed com (Dewayne Hendricks)
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[Note:  This item comes from reader Monty Solomon.  We all should  
never forget how often this sort of thing happens these days.  DLH]

From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>
Date: March 17, 2008 4:13:36 PM PDT
Subject: Supermarket data breach affects 4.2 million accounts


Supermarket data breach affects 4.2 million accounts

March 17, 2008 04:43 PM

The Hannaford Bros. supermarket chain said a breach of its computer  
system led to the theft of about 4.2 million credit and debit card  
numbers from its Hannaford and Sweetbay stores and other locations.

Hannaford, based in Maine, said about 1,800 cases of fraud have been  
tied to the breach, but no personal information -- such as names or  
addresses -- was accessed, and it has contained the breach. The  
security lapse is the latest to affect a large retailer, and comes  
amid tougher scrutiny on the payments industry following a breach that  
emerged last year that compromised as many as 100 million card numbers  
of customers of Framingham retailer TJX Cos.

Hannaford operates 165 stores in the Northeast. There are 106 Sweetbay  
supermarkets in Florida. The company said in a statement posted to its  
website that the stolen data was "illegally accessed from our computer  
systems during transmission of card authorization.''
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<http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2008/03/supermarket_dat.html>





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