Map Shows If You've Been Screwed by Data Breach

Now, here's an innovative use of the interactive nature of Web sites these days.

On Jan. 20, 2009, Heartland Payment Systems (HPY), the sixth largest payment processor in the nation, revealed that its databases had been breached.

So far, 447 banks have stepped forward to admit that they use HPY (why the Y?), including Union Bank of California (UBOC) in San Francisco. The thing I want to know if UBOC is isolated to one branch in San Francisco, or to all its branches in the state. My guess is the latter, meaning I may be screwed.

Anyway, you can go to this U.S. map and click on your state to see if your bank account may have been compromised.