Thousands Of Credit And Debit Cards Compromised By Hackers At Dave & Buster's Inc. Restaurants

Three people have been indicted of hacking into cash register terminals at Dave & Buster's Inc. restaurants.  The U.S. Department of Justice has confirmed in a 27 page indictment against the three individuals who allegedly installed a "packet sniffer", software designed to intercept network communications between computers to capture credit card details while being transmitted from the cash registers to the credit card processors and banks.

With so much emphasis being placed on protecting credit card holder information, why don't companies invest in more stringent network access controls and data centric security measures?

Three accused of hacking Dave & Buster's computers
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1230887420080512

International Hackers Indicted for Sniffing Credit Cards from Dave & Busters
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/05/international-h.html