MAPCO warns of payment card security breach

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://blog.al.com/breaking/2013/05/mapco_announces_payment_card_s.html

By Jonathan Grass
AL.com
May 08, 2013

TENNESSEE VALLEY, Alabama -- MAPCO is alerting customers to a security 
breach in which third-party hackers may have obtained credit and debit 
card information.

In a security alert on its website, the company states hackers used 
malware to access payment processing systems in MAPCO Express stores in 
several states, including Alabama. Such stores include MAPCO Express, 
MAPCO Mart, Discount Food Mart and Delta Express among others. The 
breaches occurred between March 19 and 25, April 14 and 15 and April 20 
and 21.

The company warns that the hackers may have accessed information from 
the systems used to obtain approval for certain credit card information. 
This could potentially be used for fraudulent credit and debit card 
transactions. However, the company is not sure at this time if any 
information was stolen.

Upon learning of the breach, MAPCO disabled the malware and strengthened 
the payment card systems.

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