Lost amid inauguration news might have been the revelation by Heartland Payment Systems that it uncovered a security breach in its data systems. Heartland is a processor of Visa and Mastercard payments as well as payrolls for more than 100 million people.
The company said it has found no evidence that the security breach provided confidential financial information to the cyberthieves who might have hacked into its system.
The company set up a Web site to provide information, questions and answers.
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[...] said it will reissue certain debit and credit cards to customers due to the reported data breach at Heartland Payment Systems. The bank will inform customers by letter of its intent to reissue their [...]
[...] mail some of its customers who have debit/MasterCards that might have been compromised due to the Heartland Payment Systems security breach. At risk are cardholders who had debit transactions between May 15 and Nov. 13, 2008. [...]