US Hannaford Brothers Dec 2007 Hacking (Q10700)
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A data breach risk event
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US Hannaford Brothers Dec 2007 Hacking
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December 2007
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Hannaford Bros. Co. disclosed this week that the intruders who stole up to 4.2 million credit and debit card numbers from the grocers systems did so by planting malware programs on servers at each of its stores in New England, New York and Florida. The malicious software was used to intercept the payment card data as the information was being transmitted from Hannafords point-of-sale systems to authorize transactions, the company said in a letter sent to Massachusetts officials on Tuesday. The malware then forwarded the stolen card numbers as well as their expiration dates to an overseas destination, according to the letter, which was signed by Emily Dickinson, Hannafords general counsel. The discovery of the mass malware installation prompted a wholesale replacement of Hannafords store s (English)
