Last week, police released news about thousands of credit card numbers being stolen from a retailer which they did not disclose (which I thought was ridiculous); finally this week they have come out and said that they were all stolen from the Little Italy Restaurant on 88th street. According to the Anchorage Daily News article, an independent security firm discovered that the assailants had installed software right on the credit card terminal in the restaurant! Little Italy is a fantastic restaurant with great food and customer service, but this was a huge security over-sight on their part. How could you allow someone to be with a terminal long enough to install software on it? (more…)