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HANNAFORD BROS. CO. last week became the latest retailer to own up to a major data security breach. And the Maine-based supermarket chain quickly found itself facing at least two class-action lawsuits claiming that its IT security measures had been inadequate.
Hannaford disclosed last Monday that up to 4.2 million credit and debit card numbers, plus card expiration dates, had been stolen from its systems between Dec. 7 and March 10. The company also said that about 1,800 cases of fraud had been reported as a result of the breach.
Ronald Hodge, Hannaford's president and CEO, said in a letter to customers posted on the grocer's...