Electronic payment firm Slim CD notifies 1.7M customers of data breach

In Data Breach News, Finance
September 10, 2024
Electronic payment firm Slim CD notifies 1.7M customers of data breach

Slim CD is a Florida-headquartered processing gateway that handles electronic payments, including credit card payments for US and Canadian based merchants. On or about June 15, 2024, it detected suspicious activity in its computer environment. SC Media reports that the firm, has notified nearly 1.7 million credit card holders that their data may have been stolen in a June breach.

In a website notice published by Slim CD, as well as breach notification letter samples provided to the attorneys general of Maine, California and Vermont, the company admitted that their systems were accessed by an attacker between Aug. 17, 2023, and June 15, 2024.  

However, the notifications state that credit card information was only accessed between June 14 and June 15, 2024.

Read more at SC Magazine.