Wholesaler Breach Affects 200,000

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http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=4336

By Jeffrey Roman
Associate Editor
Bank Info Security
December 16, 2011

More than 200,000 payment card accounts have been compromised in a data 
breach at Restaurant Depot, a food service wholesaler, and the 
fraudsters are believed to be based in Russia, says Stanley Fleishman, 
CEO.

Forensic investigators hired by the wholesaler determined hackers were 
able to obtain magnetic stripe card credentials via the Internet by 
accessing Restaurant Depot's network, the company reports. The 
information compromised was from credit and debit cards used at its 
wholesale outlets from Sept. 21 though Nov. 18.

Restaurant Depot, based in Queens, New York, has 89 locations throughout 
the U.S.

A breach notification letter was mailed out Nov. 25 to more than 200,000 
affected customers, detailing the compromised information that was 
taken, including names of cardholders, credit or debit card numbers, 
card expiration dates and verification codes.

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