Credit card data hacked from grocery store chain

Credit card data hacked from grocery store chain
Tags: Bank / Credit Union, Debit / Credit, North America, Regulatory Issues, Retail / Off-Premises, Transaction Processing
March 17, 2008

RTTNews: On Monday, March 17, a computer hacker stole thousands of credit card numbers from two U.S. grocery store chains. About 2,000 cases of fraud have been linked to the breach, but no personal information such as names or addresses was taken.

A statement from the companies, owned by Delhaize Group SA, noted that the hacker broke into the Hannaford Bros. stores in Massachusetts and New York and Sweetbay in Florida.