Federal agencies, including the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission, have begun investigating Heartland Payment Systems. The payment processing company has been hit with a class-action lawsuit relating to the breach. Heartland does not know how long the hackers were able to steal credit card information or how many cards were affected. The investigation may relate to stock trades made by Heartland Chairman and CEO Robert Carr after Visa notified Heartland of suspicious activity on Oct. 28, 2008.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2123794/sec–ftc-investigate-heartland-after-data-theft.html