Lawsuit: Heartland Knew Data Security Standard was 'Insufficient'

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1. “ Heartland executives were well aware before the Data Breach occurred that the bare minimum PCI-DSS standards were insufficient to protect it from an attack by sophisticated hackers. ”

2. “ We have never seen anyone breached that was PCI compliant. ”

Entities Mentioned

• Heartland Payment Systems
• PCI

1. Months before announcing the Heartland Payment Systems (HPY) data breach, company CEO Robert Carr told industry analysts that the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) was an insufficient protective measure. (Read Full Article)

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