MalwareFinancial ServicesTechnologyFinanceData ExfiltratedDelayed DiscoveryPCIIdentity (basic)LowContained

Heartland Payment Systems, Inc.

bd_444f26fe58aefaa6 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Jan 12, 2009

Filed

Jan 30, 2009

To disclose

18 days

Affected

Not disclosed

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. →2 incidents on file

Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. notified the NH Attorney General of a 2008 security breach involving malicious software accessing unencrypted payment card data. Discovered Jan 12, 2009, the incident is contained. Heartland cooperated with the Secret Service and DOJ, engaged forensic experts, and notified card networks. Exact data scope and affected count remain undetermined.

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Incident timeline

undetected · 377 days

discovery → filing · 18 days

Jan 1, 2008

Begins

Jan 12, 2009

Discovered

Jan 30, 2009

Filed

vs. sector median

6 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.ConfirmedView incident

Name: Heartland Payment Systems, Inc.
norm: heartland payment

Name: Heartland Payment Systems, Inc.
norm: heartland payment
Industry: Financial ServicesllmTechnologyllm

Discovered: Jan 12, 2009
Breach occurred: Jan 1, 2008 – Dec 31, 2008
Undetected for: 377 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 30, 2009
Affected individuals: Not disclosed
Data types: PCIIdentity (basic)
Attack vector: Unknown
MITRE ATT&CK: T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: Cooperating with the United States Secret Service and Department of Justice

During the incident: Alerted law enforcement authorities
Cooperating closely with the United States Secret Service and Department of Justice
Engaged outside experts in data security and computer forensics
Notified payment card companies
Issued press releases
Created a website to address the breach
Changes made: Taken a number of measures to enhance further the security of its computer systems
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 18 days(18 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/doj/remote-docs/heartland-20090130.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jan 30, 2009
Raw hash: f686bb7e9bca40912996f4a17b310a926c86559f9923b8579db33f4a4366dd00

Reporting entityHeartland Payment Systems, Inc.

Victim entityHeartland Payment Systems, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered Jan 12, 2009

Stated responseAlerted law enforcement authorities

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancemm.nh.gov