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Kmart Says Its Payment System Was Hacked

Posted by timothy on from the worst-case-scenario dept.

wiredmikey writes Kmart is the latest large U.S. retailer to experience a breach of its payment systems, joining a fast growing club dealing successful hack attacks. The company said that on Thursday, Oct. 9, its IT team detected that its payment data systems had been breached, and that debit and credit card numbers appear to have been compromised. A company spokesperson told SecurityWeek that they are not able to provide a figure on the number of customers impacted. The spokesperson said that based on the forensic investigation to date, no personal information, no debit card PIN numbers, no email addresses and no social security numbers were obtained by the attackers.

8 of 101 comments (clear)

  1. social security? wtf by Spy+Handler · · Score: 4, Insightful

    why would Kmart even have your social security number?

    1. Re:social security? wtf by MasterOfGoingFaster · · Score: 4, Informative

      why would Kmart even have your social security number?

      Uh... Employees?

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  2. So this affects... by BUL2294 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...nobody.

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  3. It would be quicker by Coditor · · Score: 5, Funny

    to list who hasn't been hacked yet. I wonder if these big companies buy their security systems at K-Mart.

  4. Officials estimates losses by jpellino · · Score: 5, Funny

    in the dozens of dollars.

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  5. Also at krebsonsecuritycom by manu0601 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Brian Krebs covered it too: http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/10/malware-based-credit-card-breach-at-kmart/

  6. Does K-Mart use the same stuff as Sears? by mlts · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Sears, last time I checked was a definite IBM AIX shop with the point of sale terminals being a tad more than IBM 3151 VTs, except with a credit scanner and cash drawer. Is K-Mart on a different system, or do both Sears and K-Mart use the same POS these days?

    Malware on Windows is one thing... nailing AIX systems actually would be an accomplishment.

  7. almost said my company, would be a Target by raymorris · · Score: 5, Funny

    I almost mentioned the name of my company as the one that hasn't been hacked. We take security very seriously. No Microsoft products are allowed on the premises, employees are armed, etc.

    Then I realized posting that could make us a Target.