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Credit-card breach may affect you
Heartland Payment Systems, a credit-card processor with clients in Florida, said a massive data breach might have exposed the personal information contained in more than 100 million credit- and debit-card transactions in 2008. Heartland officials are not...Tags: Dining and Drinking, United States, Florida, Interior Policy, Consumers
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Massive credit card data breach exposes Floridians to risk
South Florida Sun SentinelHeartland Payment Systems, a credit card processor with clients in Florida, said a massive data breach might have exposed the personal information contained in more than 100 million credit and debit card transactions in 2008. Heartland officials are...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Credit and Debt, National Government, United States, Crimes
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Theft of credit card data could be among worst
A recently discovered data breach at a New Jersey credit card processor could rank among the biggest ever reported. Heartland Payment Systems Inc. disclosed Tuesday that cyber-criminals compromised its internal computer network, gaining access to...Tags: Credit and Debt, New Jersey
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What to do if you suspect your personal information has been compromised
Contact police if you suspect you are a victim of identity theft. Call the national credit bureaus and request a fraud alert on your credit report: Equifax: 800-525-6285; equifax.com; P.O. Box 740241, Atlanta, GA 30374-0241. Experian: 888-397-3742;...Tags: Atlanta, Corporate Crime, Florida, Fraud, Theft
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Massive data breach exposes customers' credit card information
South Florida Sun-SentinelHeartland Payment Systems, a credit card processor with clients in Florida, said a massive data breach might have exposed the personal information contained in more than 100 million credit and debit card transactions in 2008. Heartland officials are...Tags: Credit and Debt, Atlanta, Corporate Crime, National Government, United States
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Payment processor says it has closed security hole that led to big data breach
AP Technology WriterSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As data breaches go, a single merchant getting hacked is bad enough. Even worse is an intrusion into the systems of big payment processors, which could potentially put customer credit card data at risk at the hundreds of...Tags: Government, Credit and Debt, Corporate Crime, National Government, Consumer Electronics Industry
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Card processor reports breach
Payments processor Heartland Payment Systems Inc. said Tuesday its system used to process Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover Card transactions was breached last year, but asserted that merchant and customer data were not affected. Robert H....Tags: American Express Company, Consumer Electronics Industry, Police, Interior Policy, Law Enforcement
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Credit card processor says system was breached
The payments processor Heartland Payment Systems Inc. said yesterday its system used to process Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover Card transactions was breached last year, but it asserted that merchant and customer data were not affected....Tags: American Express Company, Interior Policy, Personal Data Collection
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Check for liens against firm before completing purchase
Dear Karen: I'm selling my dry cleaning business and just learned it has an old bank lien on it. Will this invalidate my sale? Answer: You'll have to pay off the lien or at least negotiate with the bank to keep the sale on track, said Todd Elliott, a...Tags: Credit and Debt, Justice System, Lawyers, Los Angeles
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Dec 8, 2008
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