Security News > 2009 > February > Heartland Data Breach: Nine More Institutions Linked

http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=1187 By Linda McGlasson Managing Editor Bank Infosecurity February 2, 2009 Nine more institutions have come forward and informed their customers that their credit or debit cards were among those compromised in the Heartland Payment Systems (HPY) breach. Heartland, the sixth-largest payments processor in the U.S., announced on Jan. 20 that its processing systems were breached in 2008, exposing an undetermined number of consumers to potential fraud. The latest institutions to announce their connection to the breach are: * State Employee's Credit Union (SECU), Raleigh, NC; * Innovations Federal Credit Union, Bay County, FL (400 cards); * Summit Federal Credit Union, Rochester, NY (500 cards); * The Bank of Fayetteville, Fayetteville AR; * Farmers and Merchants Bank, Stuttgart, AR; * Arkansas County Bank, Stuttgart, AR; * The Central National Bank and Trust Company of Enid, Enid OK, (1600); * Adams Bank & Trust, Grant, NE; * Valley Bank & Trust, Gering, NE (16). [...] _______________________________________________ Best Selling Security Books & More! http://www.shopinfosecnews.org/

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