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A U.S.-based company that processes credit card transactions for more than 250,000 businesses has uncovered a massive security breach, officials said Tuesday.

New Jersey-based Heartland Payment Systems said malicious software in its processing system was uncovered last week.

CBC News' Marivel Taruc, who spoke with Baldwin, said authorities suspect Heartland may not be the only company to have been hacked in this operation. Authorities suspect the extent of the breach could be among the largest ever committed.

"The other concern here [is] cyber experts are saying this could be the biggest breach of credit card fraud online ever … because Heartland processes 100 million transactions every month," Taruc said.


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