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Consumers of Hannaford Brothers Co. Supermarkets File Class Action Suit

Via PRNewswire.

On March 19, 2008, the law firm of Berger & Montague, PC filed a class action suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine on behalf of all consumers in the United States whose credit card or debit card data was stolen from the computer network of Hannaford Brothers Co. ("Hannaford") supermarkets.

The complaint alleges that Hannaford was negligent for failing to maintain adequate computer data security of customer credit and debit card data, which was accessed and stolen by a computer hacker.

posted by Fergie @ 3/19/2008 06:38:00 PM