On December 17, 2009, Heartland Payment Systems announced that it would pay American Express $3.6 million to resolve charges stemming from a 2008 breach of Heartland’s payment system network the AP reported.

Heartland’s data breach was the result of hackers using installed spying software on Heartland’s computer network. These hackers also attacked 7-Eleven and Hannaford Brothers Supermarkets. The Department of Justice allege that these hackers managed to steal more than 130 million credit card numbers from Heartland and about 4.2 million from Hannaford.

Heartland has still not reached resolution of its disputes with other card brands, such as Visa and MasterCard, arising out of this data breach, but clearly, such additional settlements will cost Heartland additional millions.

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