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Credit Card Processor Bares Massive Hacker Breach

Sophisticated hackers nab vast amounts credit card data

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 21, 2009 3:06 AM CST

(Newser) – A credit card payment processor has disclosed a data breach that experts believe could be the biggest ever and may be putting millions of consumers at risk of ripoffs, the Washington Post reports. Heartland Payment Systems, which handles 100 million transactions from 250,000 businesses...   Read full story »

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