Staples Breach, May Have Affected Over a Million Credit Cards

Good Grief, the Hacks just Don't Stop. Now, Office-Supply Store, Staples, Believes that, it Suffered an Attack that Compromised Some 1.16 Million Payment Cards. Between August 10 and September 16 this Year, 115 Stores were Afflicted by Malware that "May Have" Grabbed Cardholder Names and Payment Information and 2 Stores Possibly Fell Victim from July 20 to September 16 this Year, as well. The Retailer Isn't Fully Owning Up to the Attacks just Yet but, it's Offering a Mea Culpa All the Same: Free Identity Protection, Credit Reports and a Host of Other Security Services to Anyone Who Used a Card at the Affected Stores (PDF). And Even though 4 Manhattan Locations had Reports of Fraudulent Payment Use from this April to September without any Malware or Suspicious Activity Taking Place, the Outfit is Extending the Aforementioned Benefits to Customers of those Stores, as well. Staples' Numbers are a Drop in the Bucket Compared to Home Depot's 56 Million Compromised Cards, Sure, but, the Fact that Another Retailer was Hacked is still an Issue. Maybe, just Maybe, we Can Go the Rest of the Year Without News of Another Data Breach. Is that Asking Too Much ? Sadly, it Probably is.




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