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Heartland pays another $5.4m for malware infection
Attacks on payments hub.
Sep 3 2010 6:08AM
Heartland in US$60m settlement with Visa issuers
Yet another payout after massive data breach.
Jan 11 2010 12:01PM
Hacker to plead guilty to Heartland breach
Faces up to 25 years in jail.
Dec 10 2009 11:36AM
Heartland reveals cost of data breach
Payment processing firm Heartland Payment Systems has finally revealed that the massive data breach it suffered last year has cost the company over US$12.6 million ($A16.4m) in fines and legal costs.
May 11 2009 10:53AM
Heartland again PCI compliant
Breached payment card processor Heartland Payment Systems has been again certified compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), the company announced.
May 4 2009 11:34AM
Heartland, RBS WorldPay no longer PCI compliant: Visa
Visa announced on Friday that it has removed Heartland Payment Systems and RBS WorldPay -- two payment processors that have announced massive data breaches in recent months -- from its list of service providers compliant with payment industry guidelines.
Mar 16 2009 10:57AM
Visa confirms another payment processor breach
Another payment processor has fallen victim to hackers, Visa confirmed yesterday, though it has yet to emerge which company has been hit.
Feb 24 2009 11:22AM
First arrests made in Heartland data breach case
Three men have been arrested in Florida in connection with the Heartland data breach, according to US authorities.
Feb 16 2009 11:41AM
Heartland sued as payment processor seeks to encrypt more
A team of lawyers from Pennsylvania have filed a class-action lawsuit against Heartland Payment Systems over the payment processor's potentially record-setting data breach.
Jan 30 2009 11:15AM
Heartland boss calls for industry collaboration
The head of Heartland Payment Systems has called for industry collaboration to combat cybercrime attacks.
Jan 28 2009 11:13AM
Heartland incident provides opportunity to standardise data breach notification laws
The Heartland data breach is an opportunity for the US government to standardise data breach notification laws, says Entrust.
Jan 23 2009 10:52AM
More than 100 million credit cards may have been compromised in data breach
With potentially over 100 million cards being compromised, a data breach incident in the US could be the largest ever recorded.
Jan 22 2009 11:04AM
Commwarrior reaches mobile phone heartland
Commwarrior, the first mobile phone virus that spreads via MMS messages, has made its way to Finland.
May 20 2005 11:10AM
