[Dataloss] US Major Retailer data breech

[Henry Brown]

 From Consumerist.com
http://tinyurl.com/2k9e4z

"Major Retailer's" Data Breach Results In Wave Of Credit Card Fraud?

Anecdotal evidence suggests that a recently reported data breach by an 
undisclosed "major retailer" has resulted in a jump in consumers having 
their debit cards forcibly reissued, or calls from their bank to verify 
their recent purchase history. The problems seem to have started just 
around Christmas time and have continued into mid-January.

The thefts cut across all types of credit cards, but one of the common 
threads is that the cards are being used to purchase physical products 
in-store. This is a contrast to the big credit card reissue last year 
when stolen debit cards were being used to make fraudulent ATM 
withdrawals. Which retailer? Who's behind it? Nobody knows and we won't 
find out for some time, not until the cops catch the robbers. Until 
then, here's all the people on our site talking about the recent seeming 
surge of fraudulent activity..

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