[Dataloss] Hannaford spending millions to upgrade after security breach

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Hannaford Bros. Co. said Tuesday it is spending millions of dollars to 
enhance the security of its data network following a massive security 
breach that exposed up to 4.2 million credit and debit card numbers to 
fraud.

It was during the card approval process that customer accounts at grocery 
stores in the Northeast and Florida were compromised from Dec. 7 to March 
10. That exposure occurred even though the company met the latest 
standards for data security.

Company officials said Tuesday that the new measures include encryption of 
all card numbers during the entire time they are within the supermarket 
chain's data network. Hannaford also said it has installed a "24/7-managed 
security monitoring and detection service" from IBM to detect intrusions.

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