Heartland
Payment Systems, which last year suffered the largest ever data breach
involving payment card data, is downplaying reports out of Austin, Texas
linking the payment processor to a data breach at a local restaurant chain.
Heartland’s CIO told Computerworld by e-mail August 10 that the reports out of
Austin point to a “localized intrusion initiated within the stores, either in
their point-of-sale system or as a result of other fraud.” He added that
Heartland officials will work closely with business owners to help identify the
source of the breach, and help with remediation efforts. The Austin Statesman
reported on August 12 that an “accounting network” at Tino’s Greek Cafe, a
local restaurant chain with four locations in Austin, had been breached. The
story, which quotes a local police spokesman, said the intruders had hacked
into the network connecting Tinos with Heartland Payment Systems. The spokesman
is quoted as saying that somebody had hacked into a computer system “somewhere
between Tinos’ point of sale and their credit card clearinghouse company.”
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