Tag Archives: Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard

Settlement Reached Between Neiman Marcus and State Attorneys General for $1.5 Million for 2013 Payment Card Breach

By Aaron Lancaster and Sara Goldstein on January 18, 2019 Posted in Data Breaches, Incident Response

Last week, the attorneys general (AGs) of 43 states and the District of Columbia announced they reached a $1.5 million settlement with Neiman Marcus Group LLC to resolve an investigation of a 2013 data breach that involved the payment card information of thousands of customers. On Jan. 10, 2014, Neiman Marcus publicly announced that it … Continue Reading

New Guidance for Merchants on Ensuring that Service Providers Share Security Responsibility

By Craig A. Hoffman and Charles Shih on August 18, 2014 Posted in Cybersecurity, Information Security

For merchants, long gone are the days of using a card reader with a dial-up connection to their payment processor. Today’s omni-channel retailers rely on multiple third party service providers to complete payment card transactions. These third parties—call center operators, payment gateways, loyalty solution providers, managed security services, data-center hosts, mobile app developers, and fraud … Continue Reading