Heartland Fearless: Sets Aside No Reserve For Breach
Written by Evan SchumanMarch 19th, 2009
Facing dozens of civil lawsuits and almost as many government probes because of a major data breach, Heartland remained Stoic with the SEC this week, telling the financial agency that it had decided to set aside zero funds as a contingency.
The Form 10-K also listed a wide range of agencies probing the breach, including what a few whose Heartland probes had not been public. The list now includes the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, the Federal Trade Commission, the Louisiana Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General, the Canadian Privacy Commission and quite a few state Attorneys General.
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Is there really an improvement between a mag swipe and contactless tap if multi-factor authentication is required?
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