The Heartland Payment Systems data breach is on everyone's mind, and the case is in the hands now of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) if it chooses to investigate. While the FTC will neither confirm nor deny a Heartland investigation, staff attorney Alain Sheer does offer his insight on:
How the FTC investigates...
Five financial institutions - four banks and one credit union - closed on Friday the 13th, an indication of continuing focus on the stability of the financial services industry.
The four banks were in Illinois, Nebraska, Florida and Oregon. The credit union was located in West Virginia. So far, 13 banks and two...
Information security companies reacted quickly to the news of the Heartland Payment Systems (HPY) breach. Here is a roundup of thoughts on the breach, recommendations on how to handle personal sensitive data, and what industry thought-leaders see emerging as a result of this breach:
Two Philadelphia law firms have filed class action suits on behalf of all cardholders in the U.S. who had their credit or debit card data stolen in the Heartland Payment System (HPY) data breach. This brings to three the total number of class action lawsuits filed against the Princeton, NJ-based payments processor.
The economy is down, phishing is up, and banking customers are increasingly targeted by multi-channel fraud schemes. Now, more than ever, customer awareness efforts are key for banking/security professionals.
The list of financial institutions impacted by the Heartland Payment Systems (HPY) breach now tops 220. In related news, three men in Florida were arrested earlier this week on multiple charges of credit card fraud, and some of the card numbers they allegedly used are tied to the Heartland hack.
By the latest count, the number of institutions that have informed their card customers and members that they were hit as a result of the Heartland Payment Systems (HPY) data breach has swelled to more than 678.
Heartland, the sixth-largest payments processor in the U.S., announced on Jan. 20 that its processing...
Last week a small credit union in Maine thought it had seen the last of the Heartland Payment Systems data breach that had affected 261 of its members' credit cards. Officials now report they weren't as lucky as they thought. The number of compromised cards now has tripled, and the fraud reported may top $70,000.
Scores of banking institutions have stepped forward and said they and their customers have been impacted by the Heartland Payment Systems data breach. But what can and should they do to understand and respond to the breach?
In an exclusive interview, Doug Johnson of the American Bankers Association...
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner today spelled out the government's attack plan to stabilize and repair the country's economy. Saying that the U.S. financial system is badly damaged and is in need of more government help to avoid a collapse that could spell disaster to the country's troubled economy, Geithner set...
On Tues., Feb. 10, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner unveiled the Obama Administration's new strategy for easing the credit crunch and strengthening the U.S. banking industry. In an exclusive interview, Nancy Atkinson, senior analyst at Aite Group LLC, discusses:
How the new plan differs from the Bush...
What does the Obama Administration's financial industry rescue plan offer that's different from the Bush Administration's approach? Not much, says William Isaac, former FDIC Chair (1981-85).
In an exclusive interview, Isaac discusses:
What the new plan means to the banking industry;
The types of reform the...
Identity theft rose by nearly 25 percent last year in the United States, according to a new report released today. The 2009 Identity Fraud Survey Report by Javelin Strategy & Research shows that the number of identity fraud victims increased 22 percent to 9.9 million people being hit, at a total cost of $48 billion.
Three more banks failed on Friday, bringing the total number of banks that have failed so far in 2009 to nine. Two banks in California -- County Bank, Merced, and Alliance Bank, Culver City -- were closed by the California Department of Financial Institutions. FirstBank Financial Services, McDonough, GA was closed by...
The number of identity fraud victims has increased 22 percent in the U.S., costing 9.9 million victims a total of $48 billion in 2008.
This is the news from the fifth annual Identity Fraud Survey Report from Javelin Strategy & Research. In an exclusive interview, James Van Dyke, Javelin founder and President,...
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