Another Card System Hack at Supervalu, Albertsons (Update) 29 September 2014
Another card system hack at Supervalu, Albertsons (Update) 29 September 2014 Card data of Supervalu and Albertsons shoppers the Save-A-Lot name, and has 190 retail grocery may be at risk in another hack, the two stores under five different brand names, including supermarket companies said Monday. Cub Foods. The companies said that in late August or early Supervalu sold the Albertsons, Acme, Jewel-Osco, September, malicious software was installed on Shaw's and Star Market chains to Cerberus Capital networks that process credit and debit card Management in 2013, but it still provides transactions at some of their stores. information technology services for those stores. Albertsons said the malware may have captured The companies also disclosed a data breach in data including account numbers, card expiration August. They said the two incidents are separate. dates and the names of cardholders at stores in Supervalu said that incident may have affected as more than a dozen states. Supervalu said the many as 200 grocery and liquor stores. It said malware was installed on a network that processes hackers accessed a network that processes card transactions at several chains, but it believes Supervalu transactions, with account numbers, data was only taken from certain checkout lanes at expiration dates, card holder names and other four Cub Foods stores in Minnesota. information. The breach could affect Albertsons stores in That breach occurred between June 22 and July California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, 17, and Supervalu said it immediately began Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming; Acme working to secure that portion of its network.
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