Monthly Archives: March 2008

More on the Hannaford Breach

Posted on March 29, 2008 by Tom

Hannaford Bros. confirmed yesterday that the source of the data breach that compromised 4.5 million credit and debit cards was Malware – malicious code secretly installed on their servers. And yet they were PCI compliant. Continue reading →

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The Hannaford Data Breach – It’s Unique

Posted on March 22, 2008 by Tom

What’s Different? If you’ve been following the press on the recent Hannaford grocery chain’s data breach, you may have noticed something a bit different. Those differences mean that this could be the worst data breach ever in terms of financial … Continue reading →

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Merchant Disclosure of Refund Terms

Posted on March 18, 2008 by Tom

Just how absurd are the Credit Card companies’ requirements? Very! Continue reading →

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A Cardholder Alert

Posted on March 7, 2008 by Tom

I’ll normally say good things about good companies and keep my mouth shut about bad ones, but here’s one I think you need to watch. Continue reading →

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Credit Card Fraud Takes Another Merchant Down

Posted on March 1, 2008 by Tom

Another merchant looses his processor due to fraud… Continue reading →

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