A US supermarket chain recently announced a credit card breach exposing over 4 million credit card numbers.
A security breach at an East Coast supermarket chain exposed more than 4 million card numbers and led to 1,800 cases of fraud, the Hannaford Bros. grocery chain announced Monday.
Hannaford said credit and debit card numbers were stolen during the card authorization process and about 4.2 million unique card numbers were exposed, placing the case among the largest data breaches ever.
One concern is why did it take so long to report?
Hannaford became aware of the breach Feb. 27. Investigators later discovered that the data breach began on Dec. 7; it wasn’t contained until March 10
Another concern, the risk to debit card holders…
Beth Givens, director of the San Diego-based Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, said holders of debit cards involved in the Hannaford case are most at risk of fraud. Banks generally cover costs from fraudulent charges on credit cards, but a criminal could potentially drain a victim’s bank account and leave them with the task of convincing a bank they deserve to be reimbursed.
“Any time a debit card number is exposed, the affected individuals need to be contacted immediately, and their accounts should be closed down,” Givens said.
This leads me to the question… where they PCI compliant?
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