Credit Card Breach at a Zoo Near You

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/07/credit-card-breach-at-a-zoo-near-you/

By Brian Krebs
Krebs on Security
July 9, 2015

Service Systems Associates, a company that serves gift shops and eateries 
at zoos and cultural centers across the United States, has acknowledged a 
breach of its credit and debit card processing systems.

Several banking industry sources told KrebsOnSecurity they have detected a 
pattern of fraud on cards that were all used at zoo gift shops operated by 
Denver-basd SSA. On Wednesday morning, CBS Detroit moved a story citing 
zoo officials there saying the SSA was investigating a breach involving 
point-of-sale malware.

Contacted about the findings, SSA confirmed that it was the victim of a 
data security breach.

“The violation occurred in the point of sale systems located in the gift 
shops of several of our clients,” the company said in a written statement. 
“This means that if a guest used a credit or debit card in the gift shop 
at one of our partner facilities between March 23 and June 25, 2015, the 
information on that card may have been compromised.”

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