Heartland Payment Systems, the $2B publicly traded payment processor that suffered a damaging data breach in 2008, said this week that four computers containing 2,200 customers' personal information were stolen in a California burglary last month.
New York-based G&S Business Communications is advising the company on the PR front. Kevin Petschow is senior director in charge of global PR for Princeton, N.J.-based Heartland.
Heartland said there has not been any indication that the data has been accessed or used in a fraudulent manner. Televisions and LCD panels, along with seven other computers, were also stolen in the payroll office burglary, the company said.
"Security has been, and will continue to be, the foundation of everything we do at Heartland," the company said in a statement. "We deeply regret this incident and apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused."
American Banker noted the 2008 breach was one of the largest ever criminal data breaches, involving 100M credit and debit cards. That crisis cost Heartland more than $32M.
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