Latest Breach Raises Questions About Pci

摘要

Heartland Payment Systems has revealed that its systems were compromised last year in a potentially massive breach that raises questions about the effectiveness of the Payment Card Industry data security framework. Heartland, a leading payment-processing company, hasn't disclosed the number of accounts affected, but it handles 100 million transactions per month. Malware penetrated the company's firewall, covertly capturing anything typed on an infected computer. says Robert H.B. Baldwin Jr., the company's president and CFO. That breach led to the installation of a malicious packet-capture program on some systems, he says.