An investigation of a new credit card security breach at the Briar Group will include ensuring the Boston restaurant chain complied with security measures outlined in a settlement with the state Attorney General's office after a 2009 data breach.
As part of its probe of reports that thieves had stolen and used the credit card information of Seaport District workers and visitors, the Attorney General's office said it had urged the Briar Group to determine if its payment system had been illegally accessed.
"We continue to work with the Briar Group and will review the findings of its internal investigation now that a breach has been determined in its systems," Christopher Loh, a spokesman for Attorney General Martha Coakley, said in a statement. "Data breaches are a serious concern, and we expect the Briar Group to assist consumers impacted by this breach."
The Briar Group, whose 10 restaurants and bars include Ned Devine's, Harp and Anthem, as well as M.J. O'Connor's and City Bar in the Seaport District, said that hackers had gained access to its customers' credit card information.
The company has not pinpointed the exact dates of the latest breach, but believes it occurred from sometime in October to early November. It also couldn't confirm yesterday how many customers were affected. A Briar Group spokeswoman said it was in compliance with both the settlement agreement and payment card industry data security standards.
"We feel confident that, based on the information we know to date, that it's no longer possible for the person who originally infiltrated this system to continue taking data," spokeswoman Diana Pisciotta said.
In 2011, the Briar Group agreed to pay $110,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by Coakley for its failure to secure customers' personal information during the 2009 security breach. A malicious software code had been installed on its point-of-sales computer system that April and was not removed until December. The judgment required the Briar Group to comply with Massachusetts data security regulations and the PCI standards, and to set up and maintain an enhanced computer network security system.
"We've put in completely new security systems and are working regularly with a company called McGladrey, who updates our system on a very regular basis," Pisciotta said.
McGladrey started investigating a possible breach in mid-November and installed additional security safeguards at that time, said Pisciotta, who had no information to share about the source of the breach and how it occurred.
The company is not offering free credit monitoring for affected customers.
The breach follows a massive one announced Dec. 19 by Target Corp. in which hackers got access to up to 40 million customer credit and debit cards from Nov. 27 to Dec. 15.
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