Summary: The Heartland Payment Systems data breach is on everyone's mind, and the case is in the hands now of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) if it chooses to investigate. While the FTC will neither confirm nor deny a Heartland investigation, staff attorney Alain Sheer does offer his insight on: <p></p><div id="blist">How the FTC investigates data breaches like Heartland's; </div> <div id="blist">The timeline and milestones of such an investigation; </div> <div id="blist">Details of the CardSystems data breach - which closely resembles Heartland's.</div>
