subscribe to our feed.Well, here it comes again. Hannaford Bros., Inc. issued a statement this week stating that hackers had made off with 2.6 million credit card and debit card numbers. They reassured their patrons by saying “no personal information, such as names or addresses, was accessed.” Um, does that strike anyone else as not so reassuring?
Hannaford CEO, Ron Hodge, also added that the data “was illegally accessed from our computer systems during transmission of card authorization.” Now, that sounds like a wireless exploit to me. I hope they weren’t using unencrypted data streams from point of sale! In any case, it once again shows the need for extreme vigilance and good security measures in this day and age. You see, the problem is that you can protect your data when you store it, but companies have a hard time protecting your identity and data. Those are companies that you frequent. And that’s a huge problem!
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