More Heartland-Related Fraud Detected
A Florida credit union must reissue 12,000 debit cards after new fraud attempts traced back to the Heartland Payment Systems data breach, as reported by Bank Info Security. The MidFlorida Federal Credit Union is taking this action, according to chief operating officer Kathy Britt, because of the continued risk of fraud. Britt says the $1 billion-asset, Lakeland, FL-based credit union already reissued new cards to about 5,000 of its members in 2009, after the breach was made public. Britt says the new replacements follow recent fraud attempts on cards involved in the Heartland breach. The credit union has about 80,000 debit card holders.
