Supermarkets Nationwide Affected by Albertsons, SUPERVALU Data Breach

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by Brian Donohue   August 15, 2014
 
Grocery giants Albertsons and SUPERVALU announced yesterday that a data breach may have exposed the credit and debit card information of an unknown number of its customers at various grocery store locations in more than 18 states.
Behind Kroger’s, Albertsons is the second largest grocery store chain in the United States. SUPERVALU is third. AB Acquisitions LLC, the company that operates the Albertsons grocery store empire, posted a data breach notification on their website Thursday, saying it had “recently learned of an unlawful intrusion to obtain credit and debit card payment information in some of its stores.” SUPERVALU wrote essentially the same.
The breach apparently began as early as June 22 and lasted until July 17 of this year at the latest. Full Article 

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The followng article is a update on Supervalu  data breach
(Supervalu breach shows why move to smartcards is long overdue)
 
By Jaikumar Vijayan 
August 16, 2014 06:44 AM ET Computerworld - The data breach disclosed by Supervalu on Thursday shows yet again why the ongoing migration of the U.S. payment system to smartcard technology can't happen soon enough.
Supervalu is one of the largest grocery wholesalers and retailers in the U.S., and the breach could affect thousands of people who shopped at the company's stores between June 22 and July 17, as well as customers from several other major grocery store chains for which Supervalu provides IT services. Supervalu has posted an online FAQ (download PDF) with details about the breach, which followed a criminal intrusion into its payment processing network.
The U.S. is the last among the developed nations to still predominantly use credit and debit cards based on magnetic stripe technology. Most other advanced countries cut to chip-based cards based on the Europay MasterCard Visa (EMV) standard a long time ago.
 
ComputerWorld/ full read here/ http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9250413/Supervalu_breach_shows_why_move_to_smartcards_is_long_overdue
 
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The following article is a update on Supervalu Data  Breach

(Second cyberattack hits SuperValu grocery stores' payment systems)

By Martyn Williams
IDG News Service | Sep 30, 2014 4:37 AM PT
 
SuperValu, the grocery store operator hit by a cyberattack in June and July, has suffered a second attack on its payment processing system, it said Monday.
 
The Minnesota-based company said the more recent attack involved different malware installed on the part of its computer network that processes card payments at some of its Shop 'n Save, Shoppers Food & Pharmacy and Cub Foods stores. But the company said it believes that cardholder information is largely safe.
 
hile the second breach is no doubt embarrassing for the company, the severity of the attack was partially mitigated by technology it had deployed since the first breach, it said.
 
ComputerWorld/ full article here/ http://www.computerworld.com/article/2689298/second-cyberattack-hits-supervalu-grocery-stores-payment-systems.html
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The following article is a update on Supervalu Data B reach

(SuperValu Reports Second Cyberattack)

By Brian Prince/ Posted on 10/1/2014
 
When it rains, it pours.
More bad news has emerged from SuperValu, which reported Monday that another cyberattack may have compromised customer data. According to the company -- which announced in August that it had been attacked between June 22 and July 17 -- in late August or early September 2014, an intruder installed malware on a portion of its computer network that processes payment card transactions at some of its Shop 'n Save, Shoppers Food & Pharmacy, and Cub Foods owned and franchised stores.
The company believes this breach to be separate from the one previously reported. After uncovering the attack, the company began taking steps to secure the network, and it believes it has eradicated the malware. Thus far, the investigation into the second attack has not turned up any evidence that cardholder data was stolen.
 
 
DarkReading/ Article/ http://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/supervalu-reports-second-cyberattack/d/d-id/1316245?

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