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Credit/Debit Card Breach at Barnes & Noble Exposes Holes in Point of Sale Systems
Hackers gained access to credit card information from customers at 63 Barnes & Noble stores. Although the incident was first discovered in September, the FBI requested that Barnes & Noble delay publicly reporting the incident so as not to impede the investigation. Somehow, and the exact methodology has not been revealed, hackers were able to capture information from PIN … Continue reading
Did the First Circuit Open a Pandora’s Box in Data Breach Litigation?
Plaintiffs’ attorneys are now likely to rely on the First Circuit’s opinion in Anderson v. Hannaford Bros. Co., (1st Cir. Oct. 20, 2011) [.pdf], when asserting claims in the wake of a data breach. The Hannaford matter arose in December 2007, when hackers stole millions of credit and debit card numbers from Hannaford Brothers, a large grocery chain. In a span of 3 months, … Continue reading