[ISN] More Heartland Heartache: Florida Credit Union Says 12K More Debit Card Accounts Exposed

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 01:10:13 -0500 (CDT)
http://www.darkreading.com/security/vulnerabilities/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=224201205

By Kelly Jackson Higgins
DarkReading
April 02, 2010 

TJX and Heartland hacker Albert Gonzalez may be behind bars for the next 
20 years, but the fraud fallout from his hacking is still spreading: a 
Florida credit union is now reissuing 12,000 debit cards after its 
customers' accounts were compromised in the wake of the Heartland 
Payment Systems breach by Gonzalez and his cohorts.

MidFlorida Federal Credit Union had issued 5,000 new cards to its 
members last year, according to a published report in The Ledger in 
Lakeland in the wake of Heartland's disclosure that its network had been 
breached, exposing 100 million credit and debit card transactions. The 
credit union has around 80,000 debit card accounts overall.

Gonzalez last week was given the largest sentence ever levied for a 
computer crime: 20 years in prison for his role in the massive breach of 
TJX, BJ's Wholesale Club, OfficeMax, Boston Market, Barnes & Noble, 
Sports Authority, and Dave & Busters restaurants. It was considered the 
largest identity theft case ever in the U.S. A day later, he was handed 
another 20-year sentence for breaching Heartland Payment Systems, 
Hannaford Bros., Target, 7-Eleven, JC Penney, and WetSeal, but that 
sentence will be served concurrently with the first one.

MidFlorida sent notices out all of its affected debit card holders on 
March 26, noting that they should also review their accounts for any 
potential fraudulent activity. Kathy Britt, chief operating officer for 
MidFlorida Federal Credit Union, reportedly said the credit union is 
replacing this latest round of debit cards due to some recent fraud 
activity tied to the Heartland breach.

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