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Malware to blame in supermarket data breach
It turns out malware somehow found its way onto a Maine-based supermarket chain's servers, which led to the security breach announced earlier this month compromising up to 4.2 million credit cards.
Citing a letter the Hannaford grocer sent to Massachusetts regulators, The Boston Globe on Friday reported that the malicious software intercepted data from customers as they paid with plastic at checkout counters and sent data overseas.
The malware was installed on computer servers at each of the 300-some stores operated by Hannaford and its partners, the Globe reported.
The company is continuing its investigation into how the … Read more
