Cbs Ncaa. Grocer Hannaford hit by computer breach. 20 March 2008
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Hannaford Bros. supermarket chain yesterday said a breach of its computer system potentially exposed 4.2 million credit and debit card numbers and has led to about 1,800 fraud cases to date. The data breach affected customer cards used at more than 270 stores in states including Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont, Hannaford said, and lasted from December until early March.
The Secret Service is investigating, said spokesmen for Hannaford and the federal agency. The intrusion is only the latest to strike a large retailer and comes amid growing scrutiny of the payments industry, which faces tough proposed rules on how customer information is handled. Concern over the issue crystallized last year following the theft of up to 100 million customer card numbers from Framingham retailer Also last year, four men from Southern California received prison sentences after pleading guilty to US charges they stole payment information at checkout counters at Stop & Shop Supermarket Cos. stores in Rhode Island. Hannaford, based in Scarborough, Maine, said compromised cards were used in transactions at all 165 stores it operates, plus transactions at 106 Sweetbay stores in Florida and 23 independently run stores that use Hannaford operating systems. Hannaford Bros. is owned by Belgium’s.
Ncaa Mens Basketball Bracket. Local teams face daunting tasks in NCAA tourney. 17 March 2008
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Then there is this: Coppin (16-20) and Mount St. Mary’s (18-14) are playing for the right to play North Carolina, the top-seeded team in the tournament in a first-round game on Friday at Raleigh. “It doesn’t matter with this team,” Coppin coach Fang Mitchell said of his seeding.
“We just appreciate the opportunity to play in the tournament. Regardless of what happens, nothing takes away from their performance to get there.” What the Eagles did was sweep four games in five days against the top three seeds in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament, culminating with a 62-60 upset of Morgan State on Saturday night. If they are able to advance Tuesday, they will return to the sight of their glory — the RBC Center in Raleigh. “That’s good for us,” said Tywain McKee, who delivered the Eagles to the NCAAs with a dramatic 33-point performance against Morgan that included the game-winning shot with three seconds left.
