Heartland issues breach notification letters after computer theft

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http://www.csoonline.com/article/2928928/disaster-recovery/heartland-issues-breach-notification-letters-after-computer-theft.html

By Steve Ragan
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CSO Online
June 1, 2015

In a letter to the California Attorney General, Heartland Payment Systems 
has disclosed a data breach impacting personal information. The letter 
states that the data exposure is the result of a break-in at one of their 
offices, which included stolen computers.

The notification letter says that the theft took place at Heartland's 
Santa Ana, California offices on May 8. The incident involved the theft of 
many items including password protected computers that might have 
contained Social Security Numbers and / or banking information that is 
processed by employers.

"We have seen no evidence suggesting that the data has been accessed on 
the stolen computers or used in any way, and we have no reason to believe 
any such use will occur. We have involved state and federal regulatory and 
law enforcement agencies to assist us in determining how to proceed with 
the matter at hand," the notification letter states.

In 2008 Heartland was the victim of one of the world's first major data 
breaches that exposed 130 million U.S. credit and debit cards.

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