Malware may have exposed credit cards used for state park pass purchases in Maine
A security breach may have exposed credit card information from people who bought Maine state park passes through an online vendor used by the state Conservation Department, and the potential breach could be much larger and involve consumers in other states, Maine officials said Thursday.
The company that handled the online park pass purchases warned that a malware attack potentially exposed credit cards used in transactions last year from March 21 to Dec. 22, said conservation spokeswoman Jeanne Curran. State officials learned of the problem last month.
Notices were sent to 970 credit card holders in Maine, and no one to date has reported any fraudulent charges, Curran said. Maine officials sought to reassure residents that the problem was limited to park passes and did not affect any other state computer operations.
