Data broker Heartland Payment Systems admitted Tuesday it was the victim of a data breach some quickly cited as the largest of its kind. The company discovered last week that malware compromised card data across its network. The breach comes roughly four years after ChoicePoint acknowledged the data security breach that put it in the middle of a media firestorm. Security experts see specific areas where organizations are simply asleep at the switch, but others see weaknesses in how organizations conduct their security. Access control and stronger authentication remain elusive in many companies.”]
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