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Massive Security Breach Could Impact Millions

Submitted by admin on Tuesday, 24 February 2009One Comment

It is being called one of the largest data breaches ever reported — one that may have compromised millions of credit and debit card transactions.

New Jersey based Heartland Payment Systems is the nation’s sixth largest payment processor used by more than 175,000 businesses, including many in Hawaii.

Thousands of Hawaii residents recently received advisory letters from banks and credit unions about a massive data breach. [KHON]

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