Finkelstein Thompson LLP has filed a class action suit against Heartland Payment Systems (“Heartland”) for a data breach. On January 22, 2009, Heartland announced that the consumers’ financial information that it handles was stolen. Consumers may have had their sensitive personal, including names, credit card and debit card numbers, and expiration dates, stolen by unknown entities.

The breach occurred sometime in 2008 when software was installed on Heartland’s network. The software enabled the thieves to “grab transactions” as they occurred on Heartland’s systems. Heartland was alerted to the suspicious activity surrounding processed card transactions by Visa and Mastercard.

Heartland Payment Systems, Inc., a NYSE company, delivers credit/debit/prepaid card processing, payroll, check management and payments solutions to more than 250,000 business locations nationwide for whom Heartland processes 100 million transactions a month.

If you believe you have been affected by the Heartland data breach and wish to discuss your rights and interests in this matter, please contact our Washington, D.C. office at 202.337.8000 or by email at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it . This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it.