Security News > 2009 > March > Heartland Data Breach: Visa Sets Deadline for Issuers to File Fraud Claims

http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=1277 By Linda McGlasson Managing Editor Bank Infosecurity March 16, 2009 Heartland Payment Systems (HPY) has been removed from Visa's list of compliant service providers, and banking institutions affected by the Heartland data breach have until May 19 to file their fraud claims with Visa. This news emerged late last week from a public statement by Visa, as well as from a letter sent by the credit card company to card-issuing banking institutions. In the statement, Visa confirmed that both Heartland and RBS WorldPay as a result of their recent data breaches, have been removed from the company's Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) Compliant Service Providers list. This list represents the service providers that Visa has validated as being PCI DSS compliant for merchants and other businesses to run their credit card transactions. Heartland and RBS WorldPay are now considered to be "on probation," and can apply to be relisted once they revalidate PCI DSS compliance and meet other security stipulations. [...] _______________________________________________ Best Selling Security Books and More! http://www.shopinfosecnews.org/

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