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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: medium;">OCEAN CITY, MD. &#8212; (<span class="aBn" tabindex="0" data-term="goog_304505900"><span class="aQJ">July 31, 2014</span></span>) – The Ocean City Police Department is advising citizens of a recent cyber-attack that compromised the security of numerous credit card processing companies nationwide. </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: medium;">One of the victims of the security breach includes an out-of-state company that has contracts with numerous Ocean City businesses, primarily restaurants and bars.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: medium;">Businesses that were affected were compromised from June 2 until July 9, 2014; however, those systems are now secure. The United States Secret Service is currently investigating this case.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: medium;">Citizens are strongly encouraged to check your bank statement to ensure that you are not a victim of this cyber-crime scam. Any citizen that believes their information may have been compromised should contact their bank or credit card issuer immediately.</span></span></p>
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