meanwhile, your pocket is getting picked

[rmd]

while much of the country was obsessed either with the obamagasm or waiting for the announcement of the first american caliphate, heartland announced the biggest credit card number breach ever. most interestingly, it's due to malware in their payment processing system rather than someone losing a laptop full of data or a station wagon full of unencrypted backup tapes.
zdnet article here

Comments

[drwex]

yeah, this one is likely to suck for a long time. They clearly released the news on a day they knew it wouldn't get much play.

[cz_unit]

And they wonder why I don't like to outsource key systems.

*shakes head*
CZ

[flabosib.livejournal.com]

The weblink in the article doesn't give any useful information--it seems to be of the COA-type of information--we told them.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Whee. Thank you for the signal boost.

("first American caliphate" *giggle*)